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African Americans and the Classics: An Introduction

September 7, 2017September 11, 2017 David Withun academia, black intellectual history, classics, race, racism

The history of African American engagement with Classical history, literature, and philosophy has been fraught with controversy and complexity. Much

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Remembering Afro-German Intellectual May Ayim

September 6, 2017September 9, 2017 Tiffany Florvil African Diaspora, Black Europe, black feminism, Black German, black intellectual history, black women's internationalism, poetry

It has been almost twenty-one years since Black German activist, educator, writer, and public intellectual May Ayim died on August

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Colin Kaepernick and the Power of Black Silent Protest

September 4, 2017September 7, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins Activism, black protest, Colin Kaepernick, police brutality

On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black children, women, and men stoically marched in silence down Fifth Avenue in New

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Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 Tyler Parry police violence, policing, slavery

On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying a canine against an

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Black Periodicals and the Politics of Racial Uplift

July 29, 2017August 2, 2017 Kevin C. Quin black press, Chicago

During the mid-twentieth century, the economic growth following World War II marked an incredible period of production and consumption in

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