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Activism and Agriculture: An Interview with Farmer Kamal Bell

November 8, 2019October 31, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, African Diaspora, economic justice, education, organizing, youth

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting the

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Black Roots Tourism in Brazil

November 5, 2019October 26, 2019 Erica Williams African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Latin America, race, tourism, travel

Patricia de Santana Pinho’s Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil is a compelling ethnography that explores the journeys

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We are our own Multitude: Los Angeles’ Black Panamanian Community

November 4, 2019November 2, 2019 Jenise Miller #BlackCalifornia, African Diaspora, Afro-Latinx, California, Caribbean, culture, Los Angeles, Panama

*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California. On a Saturday

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Diasporic Salutations and the West African Origins of the ‘Dap’

October 14, 2019October 9, 2019 Tyler Parry African Diaspora, popular culture, Resistance, slavery

Until recently, the salutations of Black America were an anomaly to mainstream white Americans. The verbal expressions, hand gestures, and

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‘I’m just a kid’: Representation in Milestone Comics’ ‘Icon’

October 11, 2019October 6, 2019 Matthew Teutsch #MilestoneMedia, black childhood, comic books, comics, MEDIA, race, youth

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In the 1970s, when the

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