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Police Brutality and Racism in Germany

April 17, 2017April 20, 2017 Eddie Bruce-Jones African Diaspora, police brutality, police violence

Oury Jalloh, a man in his thirties from Sierra Leone, had applied for asylum in Germany and was living in

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“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force

July 11, 2016July 10, 2016 Guest Poster convict leasing, policing, South

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

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Ida B. Wells, Police Violence, and the Legacy of Lynching

July 8, 2016July 10, 2016 Keisha N. Blain lynching, police brutality, police violence

The recent police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota bring to the surface, yet again,

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Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Robert Greene II 0 Comments

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, the President of AAIHS and Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews award-winning

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Black Mayors and the Battle Over Urban Leadership

April 14, 2025April 12, 2025 Travis Wright 0 Comments

In 1967, Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana, and Carl Stokes of Cleveland made history as two of the first Black

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