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Quilombo dos Palmares: Brazil's Lost Nation of Fugitive Slaves" is a fascinating book about a little known phenomenon in 17th century Brazil. For the full span of the century, a nation of fugitive slaves—some 20,000 people—struggled to survive. They were at almost constant war with the most powerful empires on earth. Nevertheless, they sustained several cities, one a citadel fortress atop a mountain. They had an egalitarian society where women and men were equals. They had a quasi-parliamentary government. Over the course of 100 years, these people from all over Africa (plus some Brazilian Ind
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If a people can be renamed, they can be removed. Reclassification was never a clerical act—it was a strategy
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― We Built This [BEEP]: The Historical Receipts of Black American Visionaries, Builders, Farmers, and Founders
― We Built This [BEEP]: The Historical Receipts of Black American Visionaries, Builders, Farmers, and Founders
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The Revolutionary War was led by some rich white boys who got tired of paying heavy taxes to the king. It didn't have anything at all to do with freedom, justice, and equality for all.
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― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
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