Peele's films reflect the way many African-American directors have used the horror genre to reflect the black experience.
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It's been a decade since the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, and blacks still haven't fully recovered financially, leaving them unprepared if another recession hits.
The country's 'Black Mecca' is hosting the Super Bowl. With the NFL's national anthem controversy still lingering, this creates an undeniable paradox.
Old 19th-century agreements between the U.S. government which expelled Indigenous peoples from their land and gave it cheaply to white settlers continue to impact inequalities in the United States.
In the 19th century, slaveholders advertised widely for runaway slaves and often hired men to track and capture fugitives. African-American communities offered sanctuary space to the runaways.
What are the race-related struggles that African-American students experience throughout their school years? Here's the story of Tyrone.
More than 150 years of scholarship and activism hasn't brought us any closer to consensus.
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Professor of Educational Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Law and Dean's Fellow, Indiana University
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Lecturer in American Studies, Loughborough University
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Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Associate Professor of History and Chair, History and Classical Studies, McGill University
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Professor of Education, University of Virginia
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Lecturer of African American Studies, University of Florida
