Pushing Beyond the Two-Party System: Dick Gregory’s 1968 Presidential Campaign
In a March 2011 profile of African American comedian Dick Gregory written for GQ magazine, journalist Robert Chalmers mused, “it’s
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Liberalism, Emancipation, and the Atlantic World
George Hackett’s trajectory simmered with the tensions that defined the Age of Emancipations. Hackett was born at the turn of
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“Swinging While I’m Singing”: Spike Lee, Public Enemy, and the Message in the Music
“1989, a number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer” —Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” The scene may be the
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Inculcated Forgetfulness at a New England Port
In the fall of 1865, Frederick Douglass riveted a small New England audience for more than two hours. Long forgotten,
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On Education and African American Intellectual History
*This post is part of our online forum titled “What is African American Intellectual History?“ As a scholar in African
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