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Charles Blow's dream of a Black Quebec

Black Regionalism is a powerful idea.

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Jun 28, 2021
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“What…like…Atlanta?” — Key & Peele

The idea of Black Regionalism is not quite new. In 1968, some Black radicals in Detroit called for a creation of a Republic of New Afrika in the states of Louisiana Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. The plan was unrealistic, but the choice of states was no coincidence. Anyone who looks at a map of where…

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