“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism
With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s
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“Americans Have Carried American Hatred”: Black Intellectuals, Imperialism and Policing
“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.
Read morePostcoloniality from the Edges: Black Culture at the Philippine Military Academy
Somewhere deep inside every historian resides a frightened, under-trained anthropologist. Like many historians, I often praise my students
Read moreWhen Cops Kill the Terrorists Win
On June 15, 1969 the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, famously declared that the
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The U.S. Occupation of Haiti: A Bibliography
July 28, 2015 marked the one-hundred year anniversary of the landing of U.S. Marines on Haitian soil. A number of
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