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  • Black History Month Celebrates 100 Years, Can it Survive the Trump Administration?
    March 7, 2026

    Black History Month Celebrates 100 Years, Can it Survive the Trump Administration?

    Sibylla Nash
  • Mayor Mamdani, the Schomburg Collection’s Qur’an, and Schomburg’s Vision of Afro-Diasporic History
    March 6, 2026

    Mayor Mamdani, the Schomburg Collection’s Qur’an, and Schomburg’s Vision of Afro-Diasporic History

    Regina Mills
  • “I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
    January 19, 2026

    “I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King

    Kristopher Bryan Burrell
  • The “Thrilla in Manila” at 50: A Retrospective on Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and the Power of Their “Calculated Blaze”
    October 1, 2025

    The “Thrilla in Manila” at 50: A Retrospective on Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and the Power of Their “Calculated Blaze”

    Suzuko Morikawa
  • Fascism or Democracy: The Work Behind, the Work Ahead
    November 7, 2024

    Fascism or Democracy: The Work Behind, the Work Ahead

    William Horne
  • HUMN 222: Black Humanities: The New York Times 1619 Project – Syllabus
    February 14, 2020

    HUMN 222: Black Humanities: The New York Times 1619 Project – Syllabus

    Maria Helena Lima

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