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Vegetarianism and Organic Food in Black Communities

October 6, 2017October 9, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Activism, Black Power, food, health, Nation of Islam

Vegetarianism is more visible and widespread today in the United States than it has ever been. But the popular image

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Beyond the Hashtag rally, Washington, D.C., July 2016. Photo: Victoria Pickering/Flickr.

Imagining Black Technological Practices in Contemporary America

September 13, 2017September 16, 2017 Alyssa Collins Activism, black lives matter, black protest, hashtag, Literary studies, technology

As practices of online protest evolve into historical narratives, we should take time to consider alternate technological practices developing within

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Echoes of the 1960s: SNCC and White Liberal Participation in Anti-Racist Movements

September 12, 2017September 14, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, black politics, Black Power, black radical tradition, Civil Rights Movement

This first summer under the Trump regime resembles the long red-hot summers of the past. It has been filled with

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Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta

September 11, 2017September 15, 2017 Tom Adam Davies Activism, Black Power, Black women, Deep South, housing

Fifty years ago, Emmaus House opened its doors for the first time. Located in Peoplestown, a deprived neighborhood southeast of

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Colin Kaepernick and the Power of Black Silent Protest

September 4, 2017September 7, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins Activism, black protest, Colin Kaepernick, police brutality

On July 28, 1917, thousands of Black children, women, and men stoically marched in silence down Fifth Avenue in New

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