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Radical Histories After the 1960s: A CBFS Interview

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Erik Wallenberg CBFS, CBFS Interview, civil rights, Conservatism, environmental justice, mass incarceration, Ronal Reagan

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

Tuskegee’s Civilizing Mission

February 21, 2022February 20, 2022 Kenneth Smith black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

From his academic career at the Hampton Institute (1872-1875) in Virginia until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington preached

Flyboy Meets Guerrilla Scholar

December 16, 2021December 15, 2021 Herb Boyd africa, Greg Tate, music, Robert Farris Thompson, Scholar

Mulling over how to deal with the passing of Robert Farris Thompson, the famed “guerilla scholar,” as he termed himself—he

How to Write About Nigeria

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Bright Alozie africa, colonialism, Nigeria, Writing

**This essay is a work of satire, modeled after the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s “How to Write About Africa.” Much like

Mapping Black Antiquity

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 Sarah Derbew africa, Antiquity, classics, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greek, Rome

Consider the vagaries surrounding the label “antiquity”: whose antiquity do you imagine to be the norm? Greece? Rome? Africa? For