Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons
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The Message, a new book by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates, includes a contentious essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Coates concluded that the dispute isn’t...
Pro-Palestinian protesters. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/The Conversation
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Charlie Kirk, a co-founder of Turning Point USA, a non-profit organization that promotes conservatism among high school and college students, recently debated a...
One of the first dilemmas that Black people face is whether to let strangers touch their hair – and under what circumstances. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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American Writer James Baldwin in Paris. Photo by Sophie Bassouls Sygma via Getty Images
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Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential...
1904 Olympic marathon participants Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of South Africa. Missouri History Museum
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Who were the first Africans...
