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Writing Atrocity, Rethinking Rebellion, and Documenting State Violence

January 25, 2017January 27, 2017 Robert T. Chase #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, mass incarceration

This is the fourth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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Attica: Writing on Blood, Violence, and Trauma in History

January 22, 2017January 25, 2017 Kali Nicole Gross #BloodintheWater, carceral state, criminal justice system, police violence

This is the first day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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Why We Need James and Grace Lee Boggs Now

January 19, 2017January 22, 2017 Garrett Felber Activism, black intellectual history, black protest

In 2011, I sat in the living room of Grace Lee Boggs at 3061 Field Street, a space Bill Strickland affectionately

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The Racial Politics of the Urban Saçi Graffiti Series in São Paulo, Brazil

January 4, 2017January 6, 2017 Reighan Gillam #comicsandrace, Brazil

This guest post is part of our new blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and

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Slavery, the 13th Amendment, and Mass Incarceration: A Response to Patrick Rael

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Dennis R. Childs 13th Amendment, convict leasing

This post is a rebuttal to Patrick Rael’s “Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration.” Dear Professor

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