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The Lost Black Scholar: A New Book on the Pioneering Anthropologist Allison Davis

April 18, 2018April 21, 2018 J. T. Roane Chicago, civil rights, education, Jim Crow

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

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Re-Writing Black Gendered Stories

April 17, 2018April 21, 2018 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, blackness, Gender

For some years, I’ve written social histories of Black men on death row. The objective is to provide a social

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“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”

April 13, 2018April 24, 2018 Trimiko Melancon Black film, police brutality, white supremacy

In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time

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“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika

April 10, 2018April 30, 2018 Dan Berger black nationalism, Black radicalism, self-determination

An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,

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Islam, Art, and Intersectional Identity

April 9, 2018April 13, 2018 Alaina Morgan Activism, art, Islam

Until recently, when I thought of Islamic art I thought immediately of structures like the Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain. Now

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