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#CharlestonSyllabus: An Interview with Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, and Keisha N. Blain

July 28, 2016January 1, 2017 Guest Poster #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, South Carolina

This interview originally appeared on Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians, The Journal of American History, and

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#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,

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Mapping Downtown Asheville Through Protest: Black Lives Matter and Public Spaces

July 22, 2016July 17, 2016 Guest Poster black lives matter, police brutality, police violence

This is a guest post by Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at

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Are Trump’s Black Delegates Suffering from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome?

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Donald Trump, Kenneth Clark

On June 21, 2016, I wrote a blog post entitled, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome Is Racist Idea,” which elicited positive and

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“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

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