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On the Racist Ideas Jesse Owens Could Not Outrun

February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi civil rights, racism, sports

It is always quite difficult for me to watch Hollywood biopics on celebrated African Americans figures. Too many of these

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Readings on Black Women’s Internationalism

February 17, 2016February 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain black internationalism, Black women, black women's internationalism

In recent years, the field of black internationalism has grown in leaps and bounds. Scholars are moving further away from

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Black History Month Bibliography

February 13, 2016February 1, 2021 Brandon Byrd

  When Carter G. Woodson inaugurated Negro History Week in the second week of February 1926, he imagined an event

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Race, Reconstruction, and Reparations

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster slavery

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

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Bernie Sanders and Black Voters

February 5, 2016February 11, 2016 Guest Poster Bernie Sanders, black politics, Frederick Douglass, Politics

The following guest post was written by David Weinfeld. He teaches United States history at the University of Toronto. He previously

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