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Blackness, Pessimism, and the Human

September 5, 2017September 8, 2017 Joseph Winters Afro-pessimism, humanism, race, Racial Violence, violence

There is a specter haunting black studies, black freedom struggles, humanism, and the politics of recognition. This recalcitrant specter currently

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Colin Kaepernick and the Power of Black Silent Protest

September 4, 2017September 7, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins Activism, black protest, Colin Kaepernick, police brutality

On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black children, women, and men stoically marched in silence down Fifth Avenue in New

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The Poetic Theology of Essex Hemphill

September 1, 2017November 4, 2018 J. T. Roane Literary studies, poetry, spirituality

Facing the innumerable deaths of friends and loved ones, as well as the likelihood of his own untimely passing, Washington,

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Black Periodicals and the Politics of Racial Uplift

July 29, 2017August 2, 2017 Kevin C. Quin black press, Chicago

During the mid-twentieth century, the economic growth following World War II marked an incredible period of production and consumption in

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White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History

July 27, 2017July 31, 2017 Guest Poster academia, ethnic studies, pedagogy, race, racism, racist ideas, teaching

by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In

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