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Mary E. Pleasant: Reshaping the Landscape of Segregation in California

Between the 1830s and 1890s, the Colored Conventions Movement transformed Black political organizing across the US. Of the thirty states

“Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.” -Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb Those

Anti-blackness, including the violent events our society typically invokes when reflecting on racism, often centers on the violence inflicted on

This is an interview with Black Perspectives blogger Karen Cook Bell, Professor of History and the Wilson H. Elkins Endowed Professor

“In my life I have laughed a lot, but I have also experienced a lot of pain…I have never lost