Weathering the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s Final Odysseys
The transatlantic slave trade, which endured for over 400 years, stitched together disparate, and as Sharla Fett reminds us, often
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South Carolina
Black Charleston and the Battle over Confederate Statues
On January 9, 2018, the Charleston City Council deferred voting on a proposed new plaque for the John C. Calhoun
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Black Radicalism and the “Tuition-Free” University
During the presidential primaries of 2016, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders promoted a policy that, for many, was a radical idea.
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Making Gullah: A New Book on the American Imagination of Low Country Blacks
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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33 Counts, 70 Bullets, and A Chilling Confession
F.B.I. Agent Michael Stansbury: “Um, look, can you tell us about what happened last night?” Dylann Storm Roof: “Uh (pauses),
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