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New Attacks, New Resistance, and an Old Alliance Against the New Confederacy

November 7, 2019November 3, 2019 Aaron Jamal Activism, African Diaspora, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Donald Trump, Politics, Resistance, white supremacy

The latest round of attacks by the openly white supremacist Trump government against indigenous people — and their resistance — is at

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Black Patriotism and Black Death in the Aftermath of the American Revolution

October 16, 2019October 9, 2019 Adam McNeil black soldiers, capitalism, freedom, military, race, Racial Capitalism, slavery

On June 15, 1776, Lucretia Pritchett petitioned the Virginia Convention seeking reparations for the deceased enslaved man over whom she

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The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

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Unilever’s Ads and the History of Sexual Abuse Under Slavery

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Thomas A. Foster art, Gender, race, Racial Violence, racism, sexuality, slavery

In a typical US advertisement for Magnum ice cream, a young, attractive white woman devours an ice-cream treat coated in chocolate. The

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Revisiting the Talented Tenth: On Black Ivy League Activism

September 12, 2019September 16, 2019 Zebulon Vance Miletsky #AAIHSRoundtable, #UpendingTheIvoryTower, Activism, Black Power, black protest, education, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Stefan M. Bradley’s Upending the Ivory

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