The Connections Between Urban Development and Colonialism
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. “It’s kind of manifest destiny…now the marketplace and the city has
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African American Freedom and the Illusive “Forty Acres and a Mule”
On August 18, 2016, the United Nations Working Group on Experts of People of African Descent determined that the history
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Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not
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Beyond Monuments: African Americans Contesting Civil War Memory
As monuments to white supremacists, slavery-defenders, and Confederate leaders continue to be torn down by politicians or by the people’s
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Natural Disasters, Tropical Paradises, and the Caribbean’s Great Camouflage
After hunkering down through this year’s particularly devastating hurricane season, many Caribbean islands are turning their efforts to recovery and
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