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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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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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Envisioning Black Memphis at Midcentury

October 9, 2018October 18, 2018 Beverly Greene Bond Black women, racism, religion, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light By 1940, Memphis, Tennessee was – with

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“An Unseen Light”: On the History of Black Memphis

October 8, 2018October 17, 2018 Aram Goudsouzian and Charles W. McKinney Activism, black lives matter, Black Power, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Gender, Racial Violence, Resistance, Unseen Light

*This is the introduction to our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light Richard Wright had to leave Memphis.

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A History of Truth in These Troubled Times

October 8, 2018October 17, 2018 Hettie Williams black politics, Black women, Donald Trump, electoral politics, Politics

A conversation about history, truth, and the American experience is necessary in these troubled times. The truth is under assault

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