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Agents of Change: Black Freethinkers Then and Now

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020 Lauren T. Rorie black intellectual history, religion

Religion, as part of the trifecta of “sex, politics, and religion” is the most under-examined aspect of contemporary Black feminist

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Bail Funds, Buying Freedom, and a History of Abolition

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 Julia W. Bernier abolition, abolitionism, Prison Abolition

In recent months bail funds have gained unprecedented popularity as a way to redistribute funds to release protesters arrested in

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Unearthing New Histories of Black Appalachia

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 Jillean McCommons Historical Memory, South Carolina

“Depending on the ‘truth’ of the alternate versions, Liberia’s founding may be seen as a white kindness or as a

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Syllabus: A History of Anti-Black Racism in Medicine

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 Antoine S. Johnson, Elise A. Mitchell, Ayah Nuriddin health, medicine

The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is revealing longstanding American health and healthcare disparities yet to be addressed. While some have

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The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition’

August 11, 2020August 9, 2020 E. James West archives, black intellectual history, race, slavery

Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New

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