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Centering New Negro Politics in the Jim Crow South

November 22, 2016November 20, 2016 J. T. Roane Garveyism, South, Virginia

Far too often, the South, and especially the Black South connote backwardness in the imaginations of scholars and activists alike.

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An Open Letter to White Liberal Feminists

November 19, 2016November 21, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant black feminism

Dear White Liberal Feminists, After Donald J. Trump’s election to the highest and most powerful political office of the United

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Caribbean Literature, Jewishness, and Global Holocaust Memory

November 18, 2016November 14, 2016 Sarah Phillips Casteel trauma

At the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, visitors can read responses to the museum from around the world. By pressing

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Sitting Shiva: Mourning and Anger in Trump’s America

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016 Patrick Rael freedom

I’ve spent most of my life now studying my country’s history, and in particular the ways it has so consistently,

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Slavery, Democracy, and the Racialized Roots of the Electoral College

November 14, 2016July 1, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella Constitution, electoral politics, Politics

At 11:45 p.m. on November 6, 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that “the electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.”

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