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Campus Activism and Free Speech at Syracuse University

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Denise Lynn black protest, freedom, student activism

During the fall 2019 semester, Syracuse University’s (SU) campus in upstate New York was rocked by several racist incidents including

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Photographic Returns: A New Book on Racial Justice and the Time of Photography

March 13, 2020March 11, 2020 AAIHS Editors art, Black women, photography, time

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

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Black Gods Among Us: In and Beyond HBO’s Watchmen

February 11, 2020February 9, 2020 Ahmad Greene-Hayes #Watchmen, Black Queers, race, Racial Violence, racism, religion, Resistance, Visual Culture, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen.  In the early

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The Imperial History of US Policing: An Interview with Stuart Schrader

January 29, 2020January 26, 2020 Dan Berger African Diaspora, black protest, Black radicalism, police brutality, police violence, policing, race, W.E.B. Du Bois

In today’s interview, Dan Berger speaks with Stuart Schrader about his new book, Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed

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Charlotta Bass for Vice-President: America’s Two-Parties and the Black Vote

January 21, 2020August 19, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black women, capitalism, Communism, Politics, white supremacy

Social media has brought the culture wars to a larger audience and demonstrates how conservatives have constructed historical narratives to

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