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The Transformation of Black Politics in the Liberator Magazine

February 13, 2019March 31, 2019 Cynthia Young #RadicalIntellect, Activism, archives, black internationalism, black press, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black Studies, race, Radical Intellect

This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Christopher Tinson’s Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s

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Attack Dogs and the History of Racial Violence

February 5, 2019March 31, 2019 Tyler Parry police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence

In 1970 French author Romain Gary published his novel White Dog, a semi-biographical work that imaginatively recreated the author’s experiences

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Brazilian Politics and the Rise of the Far-Right

January 7, 2019January 29, 2019 Daniela Gomes Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, repression, Resistance

On October 28, Brazil elected its 38th President, Jair Bolsonaro, making a core of his 57 million supporters extremely happy

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Black Cheerleaders and A Long History of Protest

January 3, 2019January 29, 2019 Amira Rose Davis Black women, education, sports

In November 2018, Kayla Morris, a member of the San Francisco 49ers’s Gold Rush cheerleading squad, became the first NFL

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1968: Soul Music and the Year of Black Power

December 31, 2018January 29, 2019 Mark Anthony Neal Black Power, black protest, culture, music

James Brown’s iconic song “Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” was released in August 1968, seemingly a

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