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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin

December 2, 2017December 6, 2017 Candace Borders Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, Resistance

In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her

A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States

November 30, 2017December 4, 2017 Kasturi "Rumu" DasGupta economic justice, prisons, Race and Economic History, segregation, slavery

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that

Race, Property, and Economic History: An Introduction

November 27, 2017November 30, 2017 Walter Greason economic justice, Race and Economic History, Racial Capitalism

This post is the introduction to our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. What is erasure? How have Black residents been historically

The War on Kids: A New Book on American Juvenile Justice

November 25, 2017November 28, 2017 Julie Hawks criminal justice system, economic justice, juvenile justice, social justice, youth

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

African Americans’ Civil Cases in the Jim Crow South

November 17, 2017November 20, 2017 Melissa Milewski economic justice, Jim Crow, law, race, South

In 1910, 48-year-old Rebecca Sallee fell into an open hole on a city street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as she made