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Black Lives Matter, Black Power, and the Role of White Allies

December 12, 2018December 24, 2018 Say Burgin Activism, black lives matter

The Movement for Black Lives has revived many familiar debates, one of which revolves around the question of the role

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Black Lives Matter: Not a Moment, But a Movement

November 13, 2018November 19, 2018 Jenn M. Jackson #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, black lives matter, black politics, Racial Violence, Resistance

Though it was first created as a hashtag in 2013 as a response to Trayvon Martin’s death at the hands

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Multiple and Interlocking: Black Lives Matter as a Lens

March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 Jenn M. Jackson Activism, black lives matter, police violence, Social Movements

*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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New Age Activism: Maria W. Stewart and Black Lives Matter

July 24, 2017July 29, 2017 Westenley Alcenat Activism, black intellectual history, black lives matter, Black women, Gender

The 1830s was the high-tide of Jacksonianism, an era many historians consider the nadir of early American history. Although universal

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From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany

July 5, 2017July 10, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Black Europe, Germany

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands

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