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Gloria Richardson and the Struggle for Black Liberation

September 21, 2018September 25, 2018 Joseph R. Fitzgerald Activism, Black Power, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, race, Resistance

This is an excerpt from Joseph R. Fitzgerald’s The Struggle is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation, scheduled to be published

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Paule Marshall’s “Brooklyn” and the #MeToo Movement

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 Lavelle Porter Black women, Civil Rights Movement, New York, Racial Violence, sexual violence

“Sexual harassment? We didn’t even think to use the term back in the early fifties when this story takes place,”

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An Unseen Light: A New Book on the Black Freedom Struggle in Memphis

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Civil Rights Movement, culture, Gender, Memphis, religion, Resistance, Social Movements, South

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

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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Grassroots Struggle in Memphis

April 6, 2018April 13, 2018 Charles W. McKinney Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., Memphis, MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. People from around the world

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“Our Emancipation Day”: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago

April 5, 2018April 30, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, black protest, Chicago, Civil Rights Movement, MLK and American Cities, race, racism

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. Chicago’s strategies to keep African

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