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Black Brazilian Researchers and Activists Respond to Covid-19

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Kia Lilly Caldwell African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, COVID-19, health, race, racism

By late May 2020, Brazil was the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world. 

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Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

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Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, and Fighting Racism in The Netherlands

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 Thomas van Gaalen Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black lives matter, black protest, capitalism, music, racism

The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked many responses from Black musicians—and not just in the United States. On the

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A Black Immigrant Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Jasmaine Brathwaite #Autoethnographies, African Diaspora, COVID-19, immigrant, New York

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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