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‘I’m just a kid’: Representation in Milestone Comics’ ‘Icon’

October 11, 2019October 6, 2019 Matthew Teutsch #MilestoneMedia, black childhood, comic books, comics, MEDIA, race, youth

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In the 1970s, when the

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The Violence of Racial Capitalism in Dakota

October 9, 2019October 6, 2019 André Carrington #MilestoneMedia, criminal justice system, police violence, poverty, race, Race and Economic History, urban history

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In the 2018 horror film

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How Black Women Steered National Politics Through Local Activism in Washington, DC

October 3, 2019October 8, 2019 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Politics, Washington DC

Many histories of America’s capital city have explored the personal networks of political figures. They have revealed the sociopolitical influence

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‘Rhodes Must Fall’ and Decolonizing Education

October 1, 2019September 22, 2019 Nicholas Grant Activism, African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, Black Europe, black protest, decolonization, education, empire, race, reparations

Writing in 2006, the historian Manning Marable asserted that, “The Black public intellectual must actively engage the past in such

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Confronting Data Capitalism: An Interview with Grassroots Organizer Tamika Blu

September 26, 2019September 23, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, black lives matter, black politics, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, capitalism, police brutality, Resistance

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting

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