On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society
Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their
View ArticleRevolution and Counter-Revolution: Toward a New Interpretive Framework
This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History Above all, I thank the editors
View ArticleThe Gift of Black Folk and the Emancipation of American History
“Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warming have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood. Are not these gifts
View ArticleAfrican Women and Social Movements in Africa
While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric
View ArticleWhite Fragility, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, and the Weight of History
by Justin Gomer and Christopher Petrella On July 3, The Boston Globe published a controversial, if predictable, op-ed entitled “In
View ArticleBringing Archives of Death and Life into the Classroom
This fall I am teaching African American History Since 1863, starting with the event of Emancipation as a legal-juridical happening
View ArticleRethinking Religion and Race in the Great Migration
This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial
View ArticleHow American Racism Shaped Nazism
American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for
View ArticleNatural Disasters, Tropical Paradises, and the Caribbean’s Great Camouflage
After hunkering down through this year’s particularly devastating hurricane season, many Caribbean islands are turning their efforts to recovery and
View ArticleThe Life of Pauli Murray: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg
In today’s post, Alyssa Collins, PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Virginia, interviews Rosalind Rosenberg
View ArticleLike Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map
“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive
View ArticleBlack Identity Extremists: COINTELPRO 2017
On October 6, 2017 an FBI internal report identifying “Black Identity Extremists” (BIE) as a major threat to Law Enforcement
View ArticleThe Connections Between Urban Development and Colonialism
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. “It’s kind of manifest destiny…now the marketplace and the city has
View ArticleDismantling Whiteness as the Beauty Standard
Miss Jamaica Davina Bennett rejected Eurocentric beauty ideals when she sported her afro at this year’s Miss Universe Pageant. Bennett had
View ArticleBlack Women’s Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity
Last month, students at Spelman and Morehouse Colleges ended their two-week hunger strike designed to raise awareness about food insecurity
View ArticleCentrist Liberalism and the Myths of the American Past
We are now a full year into the Trump Administration, and a serious ideological challenge has yet to be leveled
View ArticleGhana, France, and the Re-writing of Colonial Narratives
Emmanuel Macron’s recent tour of Africa followed the well-worn path of French presidents visiting former colonies. In the past, this
View ArticlePushing the Dual Emancipation Thesis Beyond its Troublesome Origins
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Toward the end of her valuable reinterpretation of southern slave
View ArticleThe Absence of Political Economy in African Diaspora Studies
The Black Studies movement, inaugurated in the late 1960s by student- and community-based demands for a “more relevant education,” represented
View ArticleRepresenting HBCUs: Spike Lee’s “School Daze” at 30
On the night of February 11, 2018, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) hosted two sold out screenings for the
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