Search Results for: police brutality

Racial Capitalism, Legacies of Slavery, and Social Movements

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Crystal Eddins Black Death Ideology

On Friday, June 5, 2020, the Fox News cable news network aired a graphic depicting stock market performance during periods

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Power to the People: An Interview with Paul Ortiz and Johanna Fernandez

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors African Diaspora, black nationalism, Black Panther Party, Puerto Rican history, Resistance

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

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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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Denying the Franchise as Incitement to Genocide

June 24, 2020June 21, 2020 Denise Lynn civil rights, race, racism

In 1951, William Patterson and the Civil Rights Congress presented a 238-page document to the United Nations accusing the United

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The Legacy of the 1968 Rebellion for Today’s Protests in ‘Chocolate City’

June 18, 2020June 17, 2020 Kimberly Probolus black rebellion, Resistance, Washington DC

In 1968, Washington Post journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood named police brutality as one of the factors motivating protestors

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