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From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany

July 5, 2017July 10, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Black Europe, Germany

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands

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Resurrecting the Radical Pedagogy of the Black Panther Party

July 3, 2017July 5, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella Black Panther Party, Black Panthers

Not long ago I had the opportunity to visit The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture’s Black Power! exhibition,

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Hip Hop and Disability: An Interview with Leroy Moore Jr.

July 1, 2017April 3, 2018 Darryl Robertson #HipHopSeries, disability

This month I interviewed Bay area artist and producer Leroy Moore Jr., co-founder of the Sins Invalid performance project and

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The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word

June 30, 2017July 3, 2017 Tyler Parry digital media, language, race, racism

Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is

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Black Women, Police Violence, and Mental Illness

June 28, 2017June 30, 2017 Celeste Henery police brutality, police violence

When I heard about Charleena Lyles—I remembered Eleanor Bumpurs, Deborah Danner, and Sophia King. All four were black women with

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