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Black Chicagoans, The Great Migration, and Nature

November 3, 2022November 6, 2022 Jason Martin Chicago, class, Jim Crow, Nature, Park

In Landscapes of Hope, author Brian McCammack brings together topics such as recreation, celebration, resistance, class conflict, protest, and activism.

The Roots of Racial and Spatial Inequality

March 9, 2021March 19, 2021 Kimberley S. Johnson #AAIHSRoundtable, #RaceForProfit, capitalism, class, economic history, housing, race, racism, segregation, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ The cover of Businessweek’s February 13, 2013 issue

Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy

November 5, 2020October 31, 2020 Amelia Moore #BlackEcologies, African Diaspora, Black women, Caribbean, class, colonialism, Gender, literature, race, racism, tourism

*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years

Dealing with Mental Health Stigma during a Global Pandemic

October 21, 2020October 18, 2020 Areeba Zanub #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, class, COVID-19, Immigration, New York, pandemic, poetry, race

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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