Against Multiracial Authoritarianism
Concluding her stunning essay on the racist and sexist representations of Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas as he alighted
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civil rights
Documenting Nannie Helen Burroughs: A New Book About a Pioneering Civil Rights Leader
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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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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Before the Central Park Five, There Was the Trenton Six
The four-part docuseries When They See Us, directed by Ava DuVernay, has brought attention to the notorious case of the Central
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Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: A New Book in Civil Rights History
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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