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The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat

The Historical Roots of Abolition in the Twenty-First Century

June 11, 2021June 9, 2021 Julia Bernier Activism, black radical tradition, Haiti, slavery, white supremacy

In June 2020 Mariame Kaba penned an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, “Yes We Literally Mean Abolish

The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021 Bram Hoonhout black rebellion, Caribbean, slavery

In 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery

Black Soldiers and the Civil War

April 8, 2021April 18, 2021 Aston Gonzalez Black women, race, Resistance, slavery

Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta

Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women

April 5, 2021April 18, 2021 Celeste Henery African Diaspora, archives, Brazil, carceral state, Historical Memory, slavery

Only a few pages remain of what is cited as the first known text written by an Afro-Brazilian woman. Rosa