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Radical Histories After the 1960s: A CBFS Interview

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Erik Wallenberg CBFS, CBFS Interview, civil rights, Conservatism, environmental justice, mass incarceration, Ronal Reagan

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

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Remembering Ronald (X) Stokes and the Politics of Black Solidarity

April 11, 2022April 10, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black nationalism, Black Power, police violence

It has been 60 years since the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) killed Ronald (X) Stokes, wounded several others, and

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Charlotta Bass and the Cold War Peace Movement

March 15, 2022March 14, 2022 Denise Lynn black internationalism, Black women

This article first appeared in Made By History. The original can be accessed here. A hundred different organized groups have urged the

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The African American Origins of Modern Asylum

March 9, 2022March 8, 2022 Sean Gallagher asylum, Canada, Diplomacy, escape, Haiti, Mexico

Harriet Tubman, living in Ontario, Canada for most of 1851 to 1861, told an abolitionist interviewing fugitive slaves north of

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CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, black protest, Civil Rights Movement

It has been 60 years since the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) targeted racially segregated housing in Los Angeles. Although

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