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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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Author’s Response: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity

July 31, 2026July 25, 2026 Christopher Tounsel 0 Comments
#BoundsofBlackness, africa, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Christopher Tounsel’s Bounds of Blackness. In April 2023, civil conflict erupted in Sudan between

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Fury and Disrepute: Black Women’s Feminism in Lawless Times

May 8, 2026April 26, 2026 Jenn M. Jackson 0 Comments
black feminism

We rarely read stories about unrespectable women. When we do, they are often white, middle class, heterosexual, and cisgender. Unrespectable

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