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The Black Freedom Struggle, Healthcare Activism, and the Affordable Care Act

March 5, 2017March 8, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

At a recent press conference President Donald Trump remarked, “nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.” This statement was

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Resurrecting Slavery: A New Book on Racial Legacies in France

March 4, 2017March 6, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi colonialism, France, racism, slavery, white supremacy

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

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Pictorial Manifestations: On a Younger Harriet Tubman

February 15, 2017February 19, 2017 Janell Hobson Harriet Tubman, Post-Civil War, slavery, Underground Railroad, Visual Culture

Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the

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Hollywood and Diversity: Why This Year’s Oscars Matter

February 14, 2017February 18, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, sexuality

On February 26, Hollywood “movers and shakers” will assemble in Los Angeles for the biggest night of the year—the Academy

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Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence, Part 4

February 12, 2017February 16, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt emancipation, mass incarceration, police brutality, police violence, white supremacy

This essay is Part Four of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

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