The Legacy and Representation of Blacks in Spain
*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it
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Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil
In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime
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“Why Aren’t Black People More Optimistic?”
In a 1968 interview, television personality Dick Cavett asked James Baldwin, renowned author-activist, what many white Americans at that time
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Multiple and Interlocking: Black Lives Matter as a Lens
*A version of this essay originally appeared on Public Seminar, as part of its Race/isms Book Forum on The Making of Black Lives Matter:
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Police Violence and the Debate Over Gun Control
In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting, the National Rifle Association (NRA) entered the news as their successful lobbying of
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