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Sport as a Place of Violence in the Tulsa Race Massacre

June 7, 2021June 6, 2021 J. Paul sports, trauma, Tulsa

On Tuesday May 31, 1921, the Oklahoma City Indians baseball team took to the field against the Tulsa Oilers for

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The Afterlives of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

June 3, 2021June 2, 2021 Rose M. Brewer Activism, Black Power, education, Racial Violence, Resistance

What is it about May and Black death?  What is it about Memorial Day when it comes to white racial terrorism

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On Public Art, Historical Memory, and Racial Violence

June 2, 2021June 1, 2021 Melanie Chambliss Activism, art, education, race, Resistance

In 1919, two dozen race riots broke out across the United States, and the collective racial terror traumatized Black communities.

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George Floyd and the Global Fight for Black Lives

May 26, 2021June 5, 2021 Mickell Carter Black Europe, black internationalism, blackness, police brutality, police violence

The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, acted as a catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests around the

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Black Radicalism in the Face of Anticommunism

May 24, 2021June 5, 2021 Denise Lynn Black radicalism, Claudia Jones, Communism

In the wake of the January 6 coup attempt on Congress, CNN reported on a University of Illinois Cline Center

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