Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part II
Yesterday, Black Perspectives published part I of a Summer Books preview, covering a select number of books published in April
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Politics
Thinking with (Neo-)Colonialism in ‘Race for Profit’
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s ‘Race for Profit’ In the aftermath of the sixties’ Black rebellions,
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Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Century
As the U.S. reckons with systemic racism in the wake of global protests over the murder of George Floyd, Breonna
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Race in Contemporary America: An Interview with Historian Elwood Watson
In today’s post, senior editor Tyler D. Parry interviews Elwood Watson about his new book, Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in
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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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