Medgar Evers’s Legacy of Organizing in Mississippi
Although Medgar Evers is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Civil Rights Movement, many people do not
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Jim Crow
The Modern Black Convention Movement and Black Youth Leadership
*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within
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An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology
The Women’s March, led by women of color activists such as Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory, brought millions out to
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‘The Struggle is Eternal’: An Interview with Joseph R. Fitzgerald
In today’s post, Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision of American Democracy
Martin Luther King Jr. approached history with a reverent understanding of the complex relationship between the secular and the sacred.
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