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On Racism and Racial Violence in the Comics

April 4, 2017April 8, 2017 Matthew Teutsch #comicsandrace, comic books, lynching

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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Social Death and Insurgent Discourses in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”

March 27, 2017March 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Black film, film, Racial Violence, racism

*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* As Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out progresses, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) discovers that

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“An Outrage”: A New Film about Lynching in the American South

March 22, 2017March 27, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, documentary, film, lynching, South

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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The Signifyin(g) Saint: Encoding Homoerotic Intimacy in Black Harlem

March 14, 2017March 17, 2017 James Padilioni Jr Black Queers, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, New York, religion, W.E.B. Du Bois

On June 25, 1942, Edward Atkinson arrived at 101 Central Park West to sit for a photo shoot in the

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The Rise of Global Conservatism and Resistance in the Age of Trump

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Donald Trump, Politics, racism, Trumpism

The travel ban on Muslims and refugees. Withdrawal of federal protections for transgender students. The reinstatement of the global gag

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