Tag: New Jersey

  • Absolute Americanism (31 May 2026)

    The deep origins of the paramilitary actions by state and federal police have roots in the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey. Absolute Americanism: The Spatial, Educational, and Institutional Legacy of Whiteness in New Jersey (1920–2026) Introduction: The Myth of Northern Exceptionalism The popular understanding of white supremacy in the United States routinely suffers from…

  • The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…