The ‘Dixie Narrative’ and the Meaning of Slavery
*This is a guest post from Ibrahim Sundiata, emeritus professor of African/Afro-American Studies and History at Brandeis University. Sundiata is
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“Concede Nothing” – How to Remember a Storm Ten Years Later
This year marked ten years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. To say New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast would
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The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the
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Nothing is Impossible: Black History and Black Futures as a Flag Falls
At dawn on June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome (with support from local activists) scaled the flag pole in front of
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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond
Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel
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