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Juneteenth and the Broader Black Freedom Struggle

June 25, 2021June 24, 2021 Giuliana Perrone Activism, black politics, Juneteenth

For the first time, this past June 19th the United States officially observed Juneteenth, a day traditionally celebrated by Black

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Postal Work and the Struggle for Black Freedom

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, civil rights, Racial Violence, South, white supremacy

In late 1892, a railroad operator approached activist-journalist Ida B. Wells to inquire why the Black community of Memphis, Tennessee, had been

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Gen Z Hip Hop, Rod Wave, and Black Masculinity

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Mickell Carter Activism, art, Gender, music, Resistance

Early this year, rapper Rod Wave’s album, Soul Fly, entered the music scene with a sharp analysis of contemporary Black manhood.

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The Historical Roots of Abolition in the Twenty-First Century

June 11, 2021June 9, 2021 Julia Bernier Activism, black radical tradition, Haiti, slavery, white supremacy

In June 2020 Mariame Kaba penned an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, “Yes We Literally Mean Abolish

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Tulsa and the Open Question of Justice, 1921–2021

June 8, 2021June 7, 2021 Kwasi Konadu social justice, Tulsa, violence

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race riots, a massacre orchestrated by a white mob against

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