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African Americans, Palestine, and Solidarity

July 2, 2018July 5, 2018 Russell Rickford black internationalism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, police violence, Racial Capitalism

The specter of Palestine haunted my spring semester Black Radical Tradition course at Cornell University. Midway through the term, the

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There Is No NFL Without Black Labor

June 19, 2018June 23, 2018 Louis Moore black protest, Colin Kaepernick, Resistance, sports

“We don’t want four boys from Oakland telling us how to run our stadium,” Ray Schuessler defiantly demanded in his

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Black Radical Silence on Palestine

May 16, 2018May 22, 2018 Alaina Morgan Anticolonialism, black lives matter, Black Panther Party, colonialism, Malcolm X, violence

In the months leading up to the annual Palestinian Land Day commemoration on March 30, 2018, Palestinian activists living in

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“Left Exposed to View!”: Black Women and Sexualized Violence

May 11, 2018May 15, 2018 Trimiko Melancon lynching, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, Resistance, sexual violence

In May 1962, Malcolm X delivered a commanding speech with his now infamous lines regarding the positionality of Black women:

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Black Lives, Policing, and Historical Memory

May 2, 2018May 5, 2018 Samantha Bryant black lives matter, police brutality, police violence, Resistance

On April 8, 2018, Danville police responded to a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman. The woman accused

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