Search Results for: racism

Ties that Bind? Emerging Race-Conscious Alliances Between African Immigrants and Black Americans

July 7, 2020July 5, 2020 Drew Smith Activism, African Diaspora, black politics, police violence

The atrocity of George Floyd’s killing by police has stoked anger over systemic racism while also helping redraw geographic, demographic,

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On “Looting” in an Apartheid State

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Navid Farnia anti-capitalism, Black radicalism, police violence

“In planning the direction and form that MK [umKhonto we Sizwe] would take, we considered four types of violent activities:

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Losing Willie McGee

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 Denise Lynn Politics, racism, white supremacy

The toll a failed political campaign takes on an individual can be devastating, none more so than when a life

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Power to the People: An Interview with Paul Ortiz and Johanna Fernandez

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors African Diaspora, black nationalism, Black Panther Party, Puerto Rican history, Resistance

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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The Role of Black Women in the Making of a White Argentine Republic

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 Christina Proenza Coles African Diaspora, Black women, Latin America, Resistance

“The discovery of personal whiteness among the world’s peoples is a very modern thing,” observed W.E.B. Du Bois, “a nineteenth

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