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Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life

January 5, 2018January 8, 2018 Matthew Teutsch black politics, Black women, civil rights, lynching, Racial Violence, segregation

Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I

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On Racism and Racial Violence in the Comics

April 4, 2017April 8, 2017 Matthew Teutsch #comicsandrace, comic books, lynching

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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“An Outrage”: A New Film about Lynching in the American South

March 22, 2017March 27, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, documentary, film, lynching, South

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward

November 14, 2016November 12, 2016 Stephen G. Hall black politics, Black women, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, NAACP

In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and

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Beyond the Rope: A New Book on The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory

August 8, 2016January 1, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi culture, lynching

This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books

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