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Slavery, Democracy, and the Racialized Roots of the Electoral College

November 14, 2016July 1, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella Constitution, electoral politics, Politics

At 11:45 p.m. on November 6, 2012, Donald Trump tweeted that “the electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.”

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Slavery, Migration, and Narratives of the Black Pacific

October 28, 2016November 29, 2016 Guy Emerson Mount Antigua, black internationalism

In 1803, on a small tropical island surrounded by beautiful oceans and relentless sugar plantations, a baby was born. The

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Not Another Slavery Movie

October 18, 2016October 17, 2016 Janell Hobson Black film, black protest, Nate Parker, slavery, The Birth of a Nation

Even before controversial director Nate Parker debuted his Nat Turner movie, The Birth of a Nation, black voices emanated from Black

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Slavery and Violence in the Old South: An Interview with Jeff Forret

October 6, 2016August 15, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt archives, Gender

This month I interviewed Dr. Jeff Forret, Professor and Distinguished Faculty Research Fellow at Lamar University. He is the author

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Black Women, Slavery, and Silences of the Past

September 28, 2016September 26, 2016 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, Black women, emancipation

Power does not enter the story once and for all, but at different times and from different angles. It precedes

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