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Liberalism, Emancipation, and the Atlantic World

June 27, 2019June 26, 2019 Adriana Chira Activism, African Diaspora, black politics, capitalism, Caribbean, Haiti, nation, race, slavery

George Hackett’s trajectory simmered with the tensions that defined the Age of Emancipations. Hackett was born at the turn of

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Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: A New Book in Civil Rights History

May 31, 2019June 4, 2019 J. T. Roane black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, labor, 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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Untangling Madam C.J. Walker’s Story

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 A’Lelia Bundles #WalkerCentennial, Activism, black politics, Black women, Gender, Madam CJ Walker

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. As

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Affluence and Community at the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company

May 23, 2019May 19, 2019 Paul R. Mullins #WalkerCentennial, Activism, black politics, Black women, civil rights, Madam CJ Walker, Resistance

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. In

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Look Good, Do Good: Madam C.J. Walker and Rihanna’s Beauty Politics

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Tiffany M. Gill #WalkerCentennial, Activism, Beauty Politics, black feminism, black politics, black protest, Black women, capitalism, Madam CJ Walker, race

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. As

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