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Hughes Rogers Professor of African American Studies at ,

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Joined March 2009
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    May 10

    ICYMI: Videos for Loophole of Retreat are now up. An honor to speak with Saidiya Hartman, Simone White, Tina Campt, Dionne Brand, Christina Sharpe, Françoise Vergès, Okwui Okpokwasili, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Zakiyyah Jackson, & others:

    For black women, can there be an ethics of unforgiveness? ~ (in the beautiful 1st video from ft. Tina Campt, Saidiya Hartman, Simone White, and Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts — )
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    11 hours ago

    Weeksville, a Haven for Free African-Americans Before the Civil War, Is Fighting for Survival

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    12 hours ago

    Welfare for conservatives against welfare. But even more insidiously, this is buying votes. The Trump administration buys White conservative votes and suppresses the votes of his enemies—and neither is an international corruption scandal. What a time to be alive.

    BREAKING: White House readies plan to extend about $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in Trump’s escalating trade war
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    May 10

    “The tragedy of this country now is that most of the people who say they care about it do not care. What they care about is their safety and their profits.” -James Baldwin

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    May 10

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    May 8

    Very proud of this latest book I’ve written. It examines the circumstances that led to the end of federal redlining & opened a new era of please check out—Race for Profit via

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    May 8

    Hey so Biden is and always has been anti black and this is true no matter how many photo-ops he takes with Obama in sunglasses

    reporter: why are schools in iowa are better than DC? joe biden: lol black people of course
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  8. May 8

    Feeling grateful for student organizers today. We see you.

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    May 7

    . stopped by Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon to discuss her book, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry. Watch the conversation on our YouTube channel ➡️

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    May 7

    They hid that Sandra Bland video for four years. Think of how many more are being hidden. And how many have been destroyed.

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    May 7

    Sandra Bland never should have been in that jail cell. Period.

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    May 6

    Lesson from on her 97th Birthday: “If you are no longer able to think and act as radically as [the youth] do then do not try to lead but follow.” Gloria Richardson, 1964

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    May 6

    The world medical associations: There is no scientific validity behind the IAAF decision & it’s unethical In case you needed any more racism to see through the racism desguised as science which keeps being peddled.

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    May 6

    Want to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy? Enter ’s from 5/6 through 5/12 to get 1 of 50 copies of ’s upcoming book ! ➡️

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    May 5

    I was inspired by Saidiya Hartman’s new book, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments...so I wrote a review for the Los Angeles Review of Books via

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    May 5

    Sat in a southern court for 1 day & saw 20+ Walmart "shoplifters" "tried." "Trial" consists of Walmart detectives testifying, person denying, person convicted. Takes about 5 minutes per case. 90% African American. I've never gone in Walmart again.

    Debora Lyons died after hanging herself in Harris County jail, because she couldn't afford $1,500 cash bail. She was being held pre-trial for allegedly stealing food from Walmart. 87% of people in cases where bail is set cannot make an amount of even $500.
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    May 4

    i wish yall felt this the way i feel it. to still have joy is such a gift. this racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, settler colonial, antiblack place, this world that attempts to rob us of our smile ... to still have joy? even in sorrow? a gift. a gift. a gift.

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    May 3

    OPINION: Nigel Shelby loved everybody, so why couldn’t everybody just love him back? - theGrio

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    May 1

    Today is the final day to apply to 's CULTURE, TOO. Come on down to Savannah with me and . Apply.

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    Apr 30

    Here it is, folks—the cover reveal! Available in August 2019.

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