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Black Identity Extremists: COINTELPRO 2017

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Robyn C. Spencer black nationalism, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, police brutality, white supremacy

On October 6, 2017 an FBI internal report identifying “Black Identity Extremists” (BIE) as a major threat to Law Enforcement

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Revolutionary Optimism in Despicable Times

November 4, 2017November 8, 2017 Russell Rickford black lives matter, Black October, Marxism, Russian Revolution

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora “Life is not an

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The Rise of Incarceration in Los Angeles: An Interview with Kelly Lytle Hernandez

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Erica Sterling Los Angeles, mass incarceration

In today’s post, Erica Sterling, a PhD student in the Department of History at Harvard University, interviews Kelly Lytle Hernandez about

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The End of Policing: A New Book on the Problem of Policing

October 19, 2017October 24, 2017 Julie Hawks police brutality, policing

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The Soul of Black Comics: An Interview with John Jennings

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Julian Chambliss #comicsandrace

This month, I had the opportunity to speak with John Jennings, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies and a Cooperating Faculty

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