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New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie on Why He Studies Reconstruction & W.E.B. DuBois Today

New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie used today’s column to explain why he keeps returning to the Reconstruction Era now. Here is a some of…

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Essay in The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s Class Conflict Analysis in His Classic “Black Reconstruction”

Gerald Horne has an essay in the latest issue of the progressive magazine The Nation on W.E.B. DuBois’s groundbreaking book Black Reconstruction. The new edition…

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Martin Luther King on How the History of Reconstruction Was Distorted

Martin Luther King  delivered a speech in 1968 at Carnegie Hall in New York to commemorate the 100th Birthday of W.E.B. DuBois. In his speech,…

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The New Attack on W.E.B. DuBois Is Very Much the Same Old Attack

W.E.B. DuBois was already getting a lot of attention last year because of his association with Critical Race Theory. The fact that he has been…

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Recording of Discussion by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates on DuBois “Black Reconstruction”

Here is the recording from the Schomburg Center of Henry Louis Gates and Eric Foner discussing W.E.B. DuBois book Black Reconstruction. The discussion starts about…

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Free Virtual Discussion of DuBois “Black Reconstruction” by Eric Foner & Henry Louis Gates

Here is the video recorded today. The discussion starts around ten minutes in: From the announcement: About this event VIRTUAL Reconstruction was for Du Bois…

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