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>"The enduring legacy and capacious vision of Black Reconstruction."
>"The enduring legacy and capacious vision of Black Reconstruction."
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>"The historian and politician helped transform how several generations understood 18th- and 19th-century history."
>"The historian and politician helped transform how several generations understood 18th- and 19th-century history."
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"Project highlights links between slave-ownership, art collecting and philanthropy in 19th-century Britain"
"Project highlights links between slave-ownership, art collecting and philanthropy in 19th-century Britain"
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"The overthrow of slavery in the United States wasn't a byproduct of capitalist development nor the triumph of an enlightened activist vanguard. It was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics — a battle that holds _...Read More_
"The overthrow of slavery in the United States wasn't a byproduct of capitalist development nor the triumph of an enlightened activist vanguard. It was a battle waged and won in the field of democratic mass politics — a battle that holds _...Read More_
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>"William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations."
>"William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations."
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As Cora, a fugitive enslaved person in Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel The Underground Railroad, attempts to make her way to freedom via the clandestine antislavery network—depicted by the author as a subterranean train system—a remark _...Read More_
As Cora, a fugitive enslaved person in Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel The Underground Railroad, attempts to make her way to freedom via the clandestine antislavery network—depicted by the author as a subterranean train system—a remark _...Read More_
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The New York Times: What Should I Do With My Grandfather’s Cringey Canvases?.
The New York Times: What Should I Do With My Grandfather’s Cringey Canvases?.
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Talking to Ellen Gallagher about her paintings is a multi-dimensional slalom ride: we swerve from the social lives of pictures to the sex life of coral and the transportation of slaves across oceans and centuries. Right now her latest works _...Read More_
Talking to Ellen Gallagher about her paintings is a multi-dimensional slalom ride: we swerve from the social lives of pictures to the sex life of coral and the transportation of slaves across oceans and centuries. Right now her latest works _...Read More_
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Amazon’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel turns a masterpiece into amazing television.
Amazon’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel turns a masterpiece into amazing television.
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>"A new history of three 19th-century human traffickers explodes all the old excuses."
>"A new history of three 19th-century human traffickers explodes all the old excuses."
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>"The Regency period was full of gossip and scandal, something Bridgerton gets right. However, it leaves out the period's grim record on slavery."
>"The Regency period was full of gossip and scandal, something Bridgerton gets right. However, it leaves out the period's grim record on slavery."
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[#new](/culture/new/new) [#lifestyle](/culture/new/lifestyle) >"Broadcasters, universities, museums, even the National Trust... the victims of political intolerance are many"
[#new](/culture/new/new) [#lifestyle](/culture/new/lifestyle) >"Broadcasters, universities, museums, even the National Trust... the victims of political intolerance are many"
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One of the (many) problems with the 1619 Project is it practices American exceptionalism, pretending the United States is an island that is not subject to the historical, cultural, social, or economic currents of the rest of the world.
One of the (many) problems with the 1619 Project is it practices American exceptionalism, pretending the United States is an island that is not subject to the historical, cultural, social, or economic currents of the rest of the world.
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