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Louise Thompson and the Black and White Film

April 15, 2021April 14, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Black women, race

In 1932, James Ford returned from the Soviet Union with a letter from the Russian film company Meschrabpom saying it

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Black Soldiers and the Civil War

April 8, 2021April 18, 2021 Aston Gonzalez Black women, race, Resistance, slavery

Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta

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The Black Refugee Tradition     

April 7, 2021April 18, 2021 Sean Gallagher black internationalism, Migration

From October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported over 6,700 people whose country

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The African American Struggle Against HIV/AIDS

April 6, 2021April 18, 2021 Nikita Shepard Activism, Black Queers, book review, HIV-AIDS, LGBT, medical racism, race, racism, Resistance

The devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year has intensified scrutiny of racial health inequities in the

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The History of African American Visual Culture

April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 Mary N. Mitchell art, Black Arts Movement, freedom, race, racism, slavery, Visual Culture

If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an

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