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The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour

The barque Glenswilly arrived in Sydney Harbour from Greenock, outside Glasgow, on October 29 1839. Among the new arrivals were Hugh Dixson, his wife Helen, and their infant son, also named Hugh.

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‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

The Conversation

Highlights from Met Gala exhibit: A look at Black style gives prominent voice to emerging designers

Jacques Agbobly has only been in the fashion business for five years

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Courtney B. Vance to narrate audio edition of prize-winning W.E.B. Du Bois biography

Award-winning actor Courtney B

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In the worst of America's Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks

In his collection of essays and poems published in 1920 titled “Darkwater,” W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about his poignant encounter with the beauty of the Grand Canyon, the stupendous chasm in Arizona.

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What are the liberal arts? A literature scholar explains

The term “liberal arts” is one of the most misunderstood terms in the public discourse on higher education today. A higher education expert once said that putting the words “liberal” and “arts” together was a “branding disaster” – one so toxic that it was undermining public support for higher education.…

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‘I wish he had finished his book’: Chad L Williams on WEB Du Bois

Brandeis professor discusses how an unpublished manuscript by the great Black intellectual inspired his own epic work

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W.E.B. Du Bois, Black History Month and the importance of African American studies

The opening days of Black History Month 2023 have coincided with controversy about the teaching and broader meaning of African American studies.

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In brief: The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois; Impossible; Jan Ullrich – reviews

A lyrical, witty novel of the US south, a great Italian writer’s mountain detective story, and the history of a controversial cycling champion

The Guardian - UK

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?

His 2000 thesis on civil-rights-era Atlanta lifts passages from other people's work.

Reason

A white librettist wrote an opera about Emmett Till – and some critics are calling for its cancellation

“Are Black audiences, actors, and producers simply conditioned to having their stories told by white counterparts?” screenwriter and director Darian Lane, who is Black, wondered in a 2021 op-ed for Ebony.

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The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers review – an exceptional debut

This account of an African American family’s journey across centuries, from slavery to present times, engages deeply with history

The Guardian - UK

The Love Songs of WEB Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers review – desires of the downtrodden

The poet’s debut novel effortlessly evokes the dilemmas of African Americans as they struggle for advancement

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