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Louis Austin and the Carolina Times: A New Book on A North Carolina Journalist and Activist

April 21, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain black press, Jim Crow, journalism, South

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

An Unseen Light: A New Book on the Black Freedom Struggle in Memphis

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Civil Rights Movement, culture, Gender, Memphis, religion, Resistance, Social Movements, South

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Haiti, Cultural Politics, and US Occupation

April 18, 2018April 24, 2018 Karen Cook Bell black intellectual history, Haiti, imperialism, literature, poetry

Haiti’s intellectual dissidents played an instrumental role in advocating the Haitianization of Haiti–the embrace of Haitian culture, peasant life, and

Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut

April 14, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain civil rights, economic justice, environment, landownership, racism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

“Free the Land!”: Fifty Years of the Republic of New Afrika

April 10, 2018April 30, 2018 Dan Berger black nationalism, Black radicalism, self-determination

An impressive assortment of Black radicals gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence. It was not Philadelphia 1776, of course,