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Black Fists, Black Pride, and the 1968 Summer Olympics

November 7, 2018November 11, 2018 Louis Moore Activism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, Resistance

Black fists. Black men. Black pride. That’s how we will always remember bronze medalist John Carlos and gold medalist Tommie

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Corporate Influence and the Legacy of Black Power

November 6, 2018November 11, 2018 E. James West Black Panther Party, Black Power, black protest, Black radicalism, capitalism, police violence, Resistance

My recent piece for Black Perspectives examined the relationship between Nike and Spike Lee in the wake of the company’s

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Aretha Franklin, Sexual Violence, and the “Culture of Dissemblance”

November 1, 2018November 5, 2018 Rachel Zellars Activism, Black women, Gender, Resistance, sexual violence

Many have proposed that Black American cultural expressions created in the New World — jazz, the blues, gospel, R&B, the

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Katie Geneva Cannon and Christian Womanist Religious Scholarship

October 24, 2018November 3, 2018 Oluwatomisin Oredein Black women, Gender, religion, Resistance

Possibilities are our creation – this is the stunning admission. Ulterior to the norm, the possible exists: a frank gesture

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‘Race Women Internationalists’: A New Book on Global Freedom Struggles

October 12, 2018October 17, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, Black women, colonialism, fascism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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