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Floyd McKissick’s Soul City: An Interview with Thomas Healy

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Joshua Clark Davis black politics, Civil Rights Movement, race

In 1969, Black Power advocate Floyd McKissick announced plans to develop Soul City, a multiracial community in rural Warren County,

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Hair Discrimination, Anti-Black Racism, and Resistance

October 26, 2021October 25, 2021 Adele N. Norris Gender, race

This is the second of a two-part series about discrimination and Black hair. For part one, click here.  The politics

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Sounding South Asian, Sounding Black: The Sonic Politics of Appreciation or Appropriation

October 13, 2021October 12, 2021 Tao Leigh Goffe African Diaspora, black internationalism, Black Music, music, Performance

On the dance floor, we dance to the same beats per minute (BPM). The tempo that structures Black diasporic life

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Jack Johnson and Africa: Boxing and Race in Colonial Africa

October 12, 2021October 11, 2021 Abraham Tapiwa Seda African Diaspora, black internationalism, Boxing, Gender, South Africa, sports, Zimbabwe

Jack Johnson never set foot in Africa, but the circulation of his images was heavily censored and sometimes prohibited in

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Black Student Activism and Durham’s Campus Movement

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 Brandon K. Winford black protest, Civil Rights Movement, education

The 1960 sit-in movement that began in Greensboro on February 1 is a familiar story when it comes to Black

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