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“A Troubled Past” and the Meanings of Breaking the Law

January 25, 2024January 21, 2024 Christopher Bonner 19c, fugitivity, Resistance, slave law, slavery

This article was originally published on August 25, 2015. In early August, St. Louis County Police shot eighteen-year-old Tyrone Harris,

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Womanist Imagination and Liberation from the Politics of Colorblind Positivism

November 15, 2023October 31, 2023 Joshua Ro Bible, Black Theology, Christianity, Theology, Womanist Theology

This post is part of our forum on “Womanist Theology.“ In a 2018 podcast debate with journalist Ezra Klein, popular

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Police Violence Against Black WWII Veterans

November 9, 2023October 30, 2023 Candace Cunningham Black Veterans, police violence, racism, World War II

Black Americans signed up in record numbers to serve their country during World War II. They did so despite a

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A Black Environmental History of Palms

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Read this essay’s Portuguese translation here. [A brief palm reading of Landscapes of Freedom by Claudia Leal (2018), Raspando Coco

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African Americans and the State Militia

September 22, 2023September 7, 2023 Gregory Mixon antebellum, citizenship, Civil War, military, Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

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