Search Results for: James Baldwin

The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition’

August 11, 2020August 9, 2020 E. James West archives, black intellectual history, race, slavery

Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New

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“If They Take You In The Morning”: M4BL and the Palestine Justice Movement

July 8, 2020July 5, 2020 Taurean J. Webb black internationalism, black lives matter, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Palestine, police violence, Resistance

“Eyad was killed and he didn’t even know what his crime was….he was dreaming of becoming a chef’s assistant. He

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Celebrating 50 Years of Essence as a Black Women’s Archive

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Jacinta R. Saffold Black women, Gender, literature

Essence Magazine occupies a distinct position within the continuum of Black culture as an aspirational lifestyle magazine, grounded by a

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Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy

June 2, 2020June 17, 2020 Trish Kahle race

Since March, I’ve been teaching an introductory social sciences seminar which has the thematic focus of “race and democracy.” We

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Intimate History, Radical Narrative

May 22, 2020June 3, 2020 Saidiya Hartman #WaywardLives, black feminism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, Gender, Resistance, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. Archival documents are scattered

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