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Corporate Influence and the Legacy of Black Power

November 6, 2018November 11, 2018 E. James West Black Panther Party, Black Power, black protest, Black radicalism, capitalism, police violence, Resistance

My recent piece for Black Perspectives examined the relationship between Nike and Spike Lee in the wake of the company’s

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The Struggle for Voting Rights and the Poor People’s Campaign

October 26, 2018November 3, 2018 AAIHS Editors black protest, Black women, carceral state, Jim Crow, voting

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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‘Race Women Internationalists’: A New Book on Global Freedom Struggles

October 12, 2018October 17, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, Black women, colonialism, fascism, Resistance

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

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State Surveillance of the Black Freedom Movement in Memphis

October 12, 2018October 17, 2018 Anthony C. Siracusa #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, police brutality, police violence, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light On March 28, 1968, five thousand Memphians gathered

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Beauty, Black Power, and Black Student Activism in Memphis

October 10, 2018October 17, 2018 Shirletta Kinchen Activism, black protest, Black women, race, racism, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light “Everybody come in that’s going to jail with

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