Malcolm X, MLK, and the Call for a Cultural Revolution
Both Minister Malcolm X and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. are oftentimes referred to as civil rights activists. Peniel E.
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Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns
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Black Virginians and the American Revolution
In the summer of 1782, nearly nine months after Patriot victory at the Battle of Yorktown during the US War
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Black Buffalo, Food Apartheid, and Residential Segregation
This post is part of our online roundtable on “Black Buffalo.” On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, I was sitting
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How Public Policy Shaped Buffalo’s Segregated Geography
This post is part of our forum on “Black Buffalo.” Click here to view the author’s maps of Buffalo. An
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