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On Black Girlhood

November 19, 2016November 15, 2016 Farah Jasmine Griffin

This piece was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The bikini-clad teen is thrown to

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies

November 17, 2016November 13, 2016 Keri Leigh Merritt Deep South

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

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Sitting Shiva: Mourning and Anger in Trump’s America

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 Patrick Rael freedom

I’ve spent most of my life now studying my country’s history, and in particular the ways it has so consistently,

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Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward

November 14, 2016November 12, 2016 Stephen G. Hall black politics, Black women, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, NAACP

In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews  Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and

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Black Lives in a Colony in Crisis: An Interview with Nathan H. Dize

November 13, 2016November 12, 2016 Brandon Byrd digital media, Haiti, slavery, teaching

This month, I had the opportunity to interview Nathan H. Dize, one of the founding authors and the content curator,

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