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The Borders of Black Power

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Adam Ewing #QuitoSwan, Black political thought, Black Power, environmental justice

*This post is part of our roundtable on Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora.’ Dr. Swan will be in conversation with Dr.

Consumerism and Curation: Sarah Tate’s Resistance

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Katie Knowles Activism, black intellectual history, black protest, Black women, capitalism, Gender

On June 19, 1865, Sarah Tate was living about 160 miles west of Galveston, Texas, on the homestead of James

Juneteenth and the Broader Black Freedom Struggle

June 25, 2021June 24, 2021 Giuliana Perrone Activism, black politics, Juneteenth

For the first time, this past June 19th the United States officially observed Juneteenth, a day traditionally celebrated by Black

Ralph Ellison’s Juneteenth and Black Literary History

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Benji de la Piedra art, black intellectual history, black politics, Resistance

In 1965, Ralph Ellison published a short story called “Juneteenth.” It was a central excerpt of his long-awaited novel-in-progress. Ellison

Online Roundtable: Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora’

June 21, 2021June 26, 2021 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, #QuitoSwan, black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, Black radicalism, environmental justice

June 28th-July 2nd, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of