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Cosmic Literacies and Black Fugitivity

December 20, 2017December 23, 2017 James Padilioni Jr astronomy, fugitivity, Resistance, slavery

Star-gazing as a practice of fugitivity has a long history for Black Americans. According to folklore, spirituals like “Foller de

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Black Radicalism and Voices of Resistance

December 16, 2017December 21, 2017 Dan Berger Angela Davis, mass incarceration, Political Prisoners, prisons

First published at the end of 1971, Angela Davis’ If They Come in the Morning is the kind of urgent tract

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Chocolate City: A New Book on Race and Democracy in Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2017November 20, 2017 Julie Hawks Washington DC

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus

November 14, 2017November 16, 2017 David Withun black rebellion, racism, religion, Resistance, slavery, white supremacy

In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not

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Revolutionary Optimism in Despicable Times

November 4, 2017November 8, 2017 Russell Rickford black lives matter, Black October, Marxism, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora “Life is not an

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