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The Fallacies of Neoliberal Protest

September 24, 2016September 24, 2016 Russell Rickford #BlackLivesMatter, police violence

This post is an amended version of remarks read at a rally organized by Cornell University’s Black Students United (BSU)

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Black Journalist T. Thomas Fortune Prophetically Predicts Today’s Political Climate

September 24, 2016September 21, 2016 Shawn Leigh Alexander black politics, Donald Trump, Politics, T. Thomas Fortune, Trumpism

Civil rights activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune was one of the most eloquent and instrumental voices of black America

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NMAAHC and the Internationalism of African American History

September 21, 2016March 10, 2019 Skyler Gordon

This Saturday, on September 24, 2016, the National Mall will be filled with black church groups and middle school class

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The Radical Democracy of the Movement for Black Lives

September 18, 2016September 13, 2016 Peniel Joseph #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL

“Black Lives Matter has cast a strobe-light on contemporary myths of racial progress, arguing correctly that the criminal justice system

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Black Lives Matter and the Price of the Ticket

September 16, 2016September 13, 2016 Duchess Harris #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Barack Obama, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“The policy agenda for Black Lives Matter has been relevant for as long as we have had Black lives.” You

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