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How Racist Ideas Shaped the Era of Reconstruction

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 Rann Miller racism, reconstruction

Growing up, I’ve heard many definitions of the term racism, however just last year I read the best definition to

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The Everyday Black Life of Abolition

August 5, 2020August 12, 2020 Celeste Winston maroons, policing, Prison Abolition, social justice

The summer of 2020 has seen extraordinary uprisings against policing in the United States. An estimated 15 to 26 million

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We Need Histories of Radical Black Ecology Now

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020 Romy Opperman #BlackEcologies, Black Ecologies, capitalism

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. The events

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Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi: Seeing Anne’s Struggles as Our Own

July 10, 2020July 5, 2020 Adele Norris black protest, blackness, Civil Rights Movement, youth

It’s been over 50 years since Anne Moody published Coming of Age in Mississippi in 1968. The autobiography chronicles Anne’s life

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Ties that Bind? Emerging Race-Conscious Alliances Between African Immigrants and Black Americans

July 7, 2020July 5, 2020 Drew Smith Activism, African Diaspora, black politics, police violence

The atrocity of George Floyd’s killing by police has stoked anger over systemic racism while also helping redraw geographic, demographic,

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