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Radical Histories After the 1960s: A CBFS Interview

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Erik Wallenberg CBFS, CBFS Interview, civil rights, Conservatism, environmental justice, mass incarceration, Ronal Reagan

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

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The “Radical” King and a Usable Past

April 4, 2022April 3, 2022 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, black politics, Civil Rights Movement

Last September, Black Perspectives published a piece about Martin Luther King, Jr’s use of the year 1619 as a waypoint

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The Legacy of the Gary Convention

March 25, 2022March 24, 2022 Robert Greene II #GaryConvention50, Amiri Baraka, Black Power, Congressional Black Cacus, Harold Cruse, Jesse Jackson

The long shadow of the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, continues to overwhelm Black political and intellectual

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The Residue of ‘72

March 24, 2022March 23, 2022 Dena Holland-Neal #GaryConvention50, black politics, Gary, Gary National Black Political Convention, Richard G. Hatcher

In 1972, I was a senior in high school at Gary West Side. It was an exciting year! All Hoosiers

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Black Mayors, Black Politics, and the Gary Convention

March 22, 2022March 21, 2022 Brandon Stokes #GaryConvention50, Activism, black politics, Black Power

The National Black Political Convention of 1972 saw many national giants on the Black political scene with Amiri Baraka and

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