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Unearthing the Human Stories of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Doug Egerton #SlaveryAtSea, slave trade

This post is part of our online roundtable on Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea Buyers like George Washington were invariably

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Resurrecting Slavery: A New Book on Racial Legacies in France

March 4, 2017March 6, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi colonialism, France, racism, slavery, white supremacy

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Booker T. Washington and the White Fear of Black Charisma

March 2, 2017March 6, 2017 Jeremy C. Young Barack Obama, black politics, black protest, W.E.B. Du Bois

First, the crowd gathered at the Atlanta Exposition on September 18, 1895, heard the band play “Dixie”; then they listened

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Black Women Doctors in the World of Comics

March 1, 2017March 4, 2017 Darnel Degand #comicsandrace, Black women, comic books, Gender

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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Remembering Malcolm

February 19, 2017February 22, 2017 Garrett Felber #RememberingMalcolm, Malcolm X

This week on Black Perspectives, we mark the 52nd anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination with a week-long forum, “Remembering Malcolm,”

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