“Americans Have Carried American Hatred”: Black Intellectuals, Imperialism and Policing
“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.
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Top Five in Bad Times (+ Bonus Track)
This has been an especially difficult few weeks for those with any investment in social justice, black families and black
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“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force
This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her
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La Esclava Blanca: The New Telenovela Rewriting Colombia’s History of Slavery
This is a guest post by Yesenia Barragan, a historian of race, slavery, and emancipation in Colombia, Afro-Latin America, and
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On Faithful Witnessing
Today we’re featuring a guest post by Yomaira Figueroa, assistant professor of Afro Diaspora Studies in the Department of English
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