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Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom
A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
May 7, 2024
The Promise of Freedom
A new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction examines the ways in which Black Americans formed networks of self-reliance in their pursuit of emancipation.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
October 3, 2022
Organized Plunder
In the absence of tax dollars, American cities like Baltimore are now funding themselves by fining the poor instead of taxing the rich.
by
Elias Rodriques
,
Clinton Williamson
via
The New Inquiry
on
July 27, 2022
The Long History of Resistance That Birthed Black Lives Matter
A conversation with historian Donna Murch about the past, present, and future of Black radical organizing.
by
Elias Rodriques
,
Donna Murch
via
The Nation
on
May 24, 2022
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom
In Coates's debut novel, he sets out to recover the struggles for emancipation that have been lost to the past.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
October 29, 2019
When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria
In "Algiers, Third World Capital," Elaine Mokhtefi captures a world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
May 7, 2019
Lonesome for Our Home
Zora Neale Hurston’s long-lost oral history with one of the last survivors of the Atlantic slave trade.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
May 23, 2018
Still a Long Time Coming
Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
The Nation
on
March 21, 2018
Barbering for Freedom
Segregation, separatism, and the history of black barbershops.
by
Elias Rodriques
via
n+1
on
September 28, 2015