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Beyond Shorelines: Audre Lorde’s Queered Belonging

February 15, 2021February 14, 2021 Tiffany Florvil African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black German, black politics, Black Queers, Germany, LGBT, race

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde welcomed the opportunity

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What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Jeanne Theoharis black politics, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, South

I found myself thinking about Julian Bond when the news broke that Georgia had elected its first Black senator, Reverend

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Crafting a Global Message of Anti-Racism

November 23, 2020November 21, 2020 Nicholas Grant Activism, African Diaspora, Black political thought, black politics, Blacks in Britain, Claudia Jones, colonialism, Eslanda Robeson, race, racism, Resistance, white supremacy

In late October, Kemi Badenoch took to the dispatch box in the House of Commons during a parliamentary debate about

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Black Radical Activists and the Dangers of the Police State

November 11, 2020November 9, 2020 Denise Lynn Black political thought, black politics, class, Communism, police brutality, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Capitalism, racism

During recent anti-police brutality protests and marches across the United States, American police forces have displayed the very behavior that

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Keepin’ It Real in Contemporary Conversations on Race

November 6, 2020November 9, 2020 Omi McCadney black politics, blackness

Elwood David Watson’s Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America is a collection of essays analyzing tumultuous racial politics

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