A Brief History of the “Black Friend”
In June 2018, two news reports encapsulated a problem in American race relations: a white person says something racist, apologizes
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Abolitionism
Haitian Writer Baron de Vastey and Black Atlantic Humanism: An Interview with Marlene L. Daut
In today’s post, Julia Gaffield, Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, interviews Marlene L. Daut on her new book Baron
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The Importance of Sarah Forten’s Abolitionist Poetry
Depictions of slavery in the United States have captivated audiences for centuries. In honor of the recent National Poetry Month
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The Windrush Crisis and Britain’s Memory Problem
Black Britons have occupied a prominent place in national and global politics in recent weeks. The British government has been criticized
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Abolitionism and Slave Resistance: An Interview with Manisha Sinha and Sasha Turner
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
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