Bringing Archives of Death and Life into the Classroom
This fall I am teaching African American History Since 1863, starting with the event of Emancipation as a legal-juridical happening
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White Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History
by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In
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On Hip Hop and Growing Up in Philadelphia: An Interview with MK Asante
This month I interviewed MK Asante. Asante is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He studied at the University of
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The Art of Domination: On Decolonizing the Curriculum
Those professors among us who teach from the perspective of the oppressed are often tasked with un-teaching what our students
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Planning a Class Visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
“The trip to the museum was a humbling experience. I felt the weight of the collective experience of my ancestors—their
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