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Black Panthers and LAPD

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, Black Power Movement, Los Angeles, Police

There is much to learn from studying the Black Power Movement in the context of the Black intellectual-activist tradition. It takes

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How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio

December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black intellectual history, racism

For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America. The

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Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackFamily

 This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,

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Bounce at 30

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 Matt Miller #Bounce, Gender, Katrina, music, New Orleans

This post is part of our forum on Bounce Music. Approximately thirty years have passed since MC T. Tucker and DJ

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Sex, Race, and Gender in Bounce Music Culture

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Hettie Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #Bounce, black protest, music

This post is part of our forum on Bounce Music “We’re bouncing the whole time,” states Big Freedia—a gender non-conforming

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