The NFL’s Denial of Black Humanity
In response to protests that rocked the national sports world, NFL owners have approved a new policy that requires players
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Black radicalism
Louise Thompson Patterson and Black Radical Politics
On September 16, 1984, exactly one week after Louise Thompson Patterson turned eighty-three years old, an extravaganza was held in
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The Fearless Nature of Remaking Black Power
*This post is part of our online roundtable on Ashley Farmer’s Remaking Black Power Ashley Farmer’s comprehensive text, Remaking Black Power: How
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#AAIHS2018: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 3.0
I’m grateful to continue the tradition of offering an AAIHS conference summary again this year, as I did in 2016
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“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika
An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,
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