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The Reconstruction Origins of Black Wall Street

June 1, 2021May 30, 2021 Alexandra E. Stern archives, black protest, race, Resistance, Tulsa

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre targeted and destroyed the city’s prosperous Greenwood District, home to a vibrant economy of Black-owned businesses that

The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community

April 12, 2021April 18, 2021 James Bradley Activism, archives, education, Racial Violence, religion, white supremacy

“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of

Black Soldiers and the Civil War

April 8, 2021April 18, 2021 Aston Gonzalez Black women, race, Resistance, slavery

Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta

Working with Histories that Haunt Us

March 31, 2021October 28, 2021 Marius Kothor Activism, Anticolonialism, black politics, colonialism, methods, research, Resistance

When I first began to conceptualize my dissertation project, I knew I wanted to write about an iconic group of

The Art of Black Letter-Writing: A Conversation with Daphne Muse

March 26, 2021April 18, 2021 Joshua Clark Davis Activism, Civil Rights Movement, education, literature, South, teaching

More people should know Daphne Muse. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Muse grew up with a curiosity for the