Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson
The passing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2026) leaves the world without one of its major remaining ties to the
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electoral politics
Police Power and the Election of Newark’s First Black Mayor
Fifty years ago, Newark, New Jersey, elected its first Black mayor—Kenneth Gibson—at a moment when there was an urgency to
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Eldridge Cleaver and the Afterlives of 1968
*Fifth and final instalment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential campaign* In the November 7, 1968
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African American Presidential Politics and the Black Radical Imagination
In March 1969, at a grade school in Washington, D.C., an eclectic audience gathered to celebrate the inauguration of comedian
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A History of Truth in These Troubled Times
A conversation about history, truth, and the American experience is necessary in these troubled times. The truth is under assault
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