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W.E.B. Du Bois And World Revolution: An Interview With Bill V. Mullen

October 18, 2016October 16, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Afro-Asia, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black women, Communism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This month I interviewed Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies at Purdue University, about his recent book, Un-American: W.

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#SandraBland Soundtrack

August 19, 2016August 15, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Sandra Bland

My post last month used visual art as a way to mark the one-year anniversary of Sandra Bland’s death (see

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Orlando and the American Pathologies of Masculinity and Militarism

June 20, 2016June 15, 2016 Russell Rickford masculinity, violence

It is virtually forbidden–as an unpatriotic act–that the American boy evolve into the complexity of manhood. –James Baldwin The dominant

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Teaching Religion, Politics, and Civil Rights

March 7, 2016March 6, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., teaching

With undergraduates I recently explored the complexity of thought among several Civil Rights writers and activists. During our conversation, students

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White World Order, Black Power Politics: An Interview with Robert Vitalis

March 3, 2016March 4, 2016 Paul Hébert black internationalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This month, I had the wonderful privilege of interviewing Professor Robert Vitalis on his recent book, White World Order, Black

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