Search Results for: racism

Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, and Labor-Left Pan-Africanism

July 25, 2016May 7, 2017 Guest Poster Pan-Africanism

This is a guest post by Peter Cole, a historian of the twentieth-century United States, South Africa and comparative history.

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#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,

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Are Trump’s Black Delegates Suffering from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome?

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Donald Trump, Kenneth Clark

On June 21, 2016, I wrote a blog post entitled, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Is Racist Idea,” which elicited positive and

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Global 2016 and the Radical Imagination

July 20, 2016July 17, 2016 Russell Rickford #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

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Reflections of a Black Presidency

July 16, 2016July 15, 2016 Janell Hobson Barack Obama, black lives matter, police brutality

And although it seems heaven sent We ain’t ready, to see a black President, uhh It ain’t a secret don’t

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