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Frederick Douglass, Real Estate Developer

June 19, 2017June 22, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Baltimore, Frederick Douglass, landownership

Few people passing through Baltimore’s Fell’s Point neighborhood ever step onto the 500 block of South Dallas Street. The narrow

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The Gift of Black Folk and the Emancipation of American History

June 19, 2017June 21, 2017 Westenley Alcenat black intellectual history, reconstruction, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois

“Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warming have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts

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The Making of Black Lives Matter: A New Book on the Movement’s History

June 17, 2017June 20, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, police brutality, Politics

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Racial Violence on the Anniversary of the Charleston Massacre

June 17, 2017June 19, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, Racial Violence, violence

On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist walked into a predominantly black church in Charleston, South Carolina. That evening, a

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Hatred Without Borders: When White Supremacy Kills White People

June 13, 2017June 16, 2017 Trimiko Melancon Racial Violence, racism, violence, white supremacy

Much has transpired over the past several weeks that makes transparent the extent to which white supremacy and hatred-based violence

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