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Uncovering the Voices of Working-Class Black Women in Harlem

September 6, 2016December 30, 2016 Julie Gallagher archives, Black women, Harlem, New York, research

Today is the second day of our roundtable on LaShawn Harris’s new book, Sex Workers, Psychics, and Numbers Runners: Black

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Fall Teaching in a Trump Climate

August 7, 2016August 6, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. black intellectual history, Donald Trump, Politics, teaching

As the summer comes to an end and I begin to think about teaching in the fall, I wonder how

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“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

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Sandra Bland (1987-2015): Art, Remembrance, Commemoration

July 13, 2016July 12, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #sayhername, digital media, Sandra Bland

Sandra Bland died one year ago today, July 13, 2015. As we remember Bland’s death, we also commemorate her life.

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Black-Jewish Nostalgia and Black Lives Matter

November 7, 2015 Chris Cameron

The following guest post was written by David Weinfeld. He is a sessional instructor at the Centre for the Study

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