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#BlackThoughtsMatter

June 28, 2015January 1, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonSyllabus, Activism, capitalism, Chicago, Ferguson, W.E.B. Du Bois

As nine beautiful black minds are laid to rest and Confederate flags are symbolically ripped down across the nation, the

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The Whole World Is Watching

April 20, 2015April 20, 2015 Emily Owens

This post was imagined in collaboration with Camille Owens, who tweets @camillesowens. When Walter Scott was murdered by a cop in

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“Black People and the Victorian Ethos:” Respectability Politics, Black Organizing, and Black Power

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 Ashley Farmer

When someone is engaging in respectability politics, he or she is adopts the manners and morality of the dominant or

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On “Transpacific Antiracism”: An Interview with Yuichiro Onishi

February 26, 2015February 25, 2015 Keisha N. Blain Afro-Asia, Japan, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is the second of a series on Afro-Asia in which I explore the myriad political strategies, alliances, and

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Brooklyn Stands With Selma

January 16, 2015January 24, 2015 Brian Purnell

The following excerpt comes from the conclusion of my book, Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress

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