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The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus

May 1, 2025May 3, 2025 Jemar Tisby & Keisha N. Blain 21 Comments
Great Migration, Jim Crow, Mississippi

The ‘Sinners’ Movie Syllabus is a curated educational resource inspired by the 2025 film ‘Sinners,’ directed by Ryan Coogler. This

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message to Contemporary America

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Keisha N. Blain #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi, SNCC

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s

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The Local Politics of Fannie Lou Hamer

October 6, 2022October 4, 2022 Stefan Bradley #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer, Mississippi, SNCC

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. By age 44, most people

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Steeped in the Blood: On The May 15th, 1970 Jackson State Killings

May 15, 2020May 14, 2020 Brandon James Render Mississippi, police violence, Racial Violence, student activism

On the night of May 14, 1970, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green made their way to Alexander Hall, a

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On Richard Wright’s Hunger and Kiese Laymon’s Heavy

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 Field Brown book review, Deep South, embodiment, food, literature, memoir, Mississippi, South

Richard Wright’s famous autobiography, Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (1945) was originally titled American Hunger. However, the

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