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Independence Day Manifesto

January 20, 2017January 22, 2017 Russell Rickford black protest, capitalism, democracy, Donald Trump

How shall integrity face oppression? — W. E. B. Du Bois Welcome to Trump’s America. In the dark times ahead,

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Gentrifying Luke Cage: The Racial Failure of Nostalgia

January 15, 2017January 18, 2017 Joshua Plencner #comicsandrace, comic books, Luke Cage

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

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3

January 11, 2017January 15, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt criminal justice system, South, violence

This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

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“Death Is Attached to Their Behavior”: Kim Burrell and Trans Women of Color

January 10, 2017January 12, 2017 Lindsey E. Jones black lives matter

In a video clip that has spread widely across the internet, gospel singer and pastor Kim Burrell intones, “Everybody in

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The Defender: A New Book on Chicago’s Legendary Black Newspaper

January 3, 2017January 5, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Chicago, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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