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Saturday session at the 2017 Organization of American Historians meeting. Photo: processhistory.org.

Black Rage at the Organization of American Historians

The theme of this year’s Organization of American Historians conference in New Orleans was circulation. For black communities beyond academia,

Afro-German during the Third Reich. Photo: Propaganda-Pravada.

The Erasure of People of African Descent in Nazi Germany

April 18, 2017April 21, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Racial Violence, racism, violence

Recently, Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer made some peculiar and offensive comments comparing Syrian leader President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical

Rally at the Department of Justice protesting the Rodney King case and police brutality. Photo: Rick Reinhard/Civil Rights Teaching.

“What’s Going On?”: Race, Brutality, and Injustice Since Rodney King

April 5, 2017April 8, 2017 Trimiko Melancon music, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism, violence

On April 2, 1939, legendary R&B and soul singer Marvin Gaye was born. Known for a body of masterpieces, his

Social Death and Insurgent Discourses in Jordan Peele’s “Get Out”

March 27, 2017March 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Black film, film, Racial Violence, racism

*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* As Jordan Peele’s blockbuster hit Get Out progresses, Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya) discovers that

Whose Black Lives Matter? Musings in Defense of Korryn Gaines

August 10, 2016August 10, 2016 Lindsey E. Jones Black women, Racial Violence

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of talented black and brown sisters who were gathered for