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Jim Crow North: A New Book about Segregation and Struggle outside the South

May 3, 2019May 6, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Challenging Jim Crow in New York City

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 AAIHS Editors civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, New York

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

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The Trauma of Racial Violence in Frederick Douglass’s America

April 24, 2019April 22, 2019 Kay Wright Lewis #DouglassForward, black lives matter, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

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Hip-Hop in the Trump Era

April 12, 2019August 12, 2022 Bianki Torres black intellectual history, capitalism, music, race, racism, Resistance, white supremacy

I found out about Kanye West’s October 2018 meeting with Donald Trump through memes on social media. At first, I

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North Korea’s Unlikely History with Black Radicals

April 11, 2019August 12, 2022 Benjamin Young Afro-Asia, Black Panther Party, Black Power, Black radicalism

In 1969, Eldridge Cleaver, then a leader of the Black Panther Party, a radical organization based in Oakland that advocated

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