African diaspora - AAIHS

#AAIHS2016: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence

Recently, I traveled to Chapel Hill for the first annual conference of the African American Intellectual History Society. But my

This is a guest post by Dr. Annette Joseph-Gabriel, a scholar of Francophone Caribbean literature and culture. Her areas of

In the fall of 1877, John Mercer Langston laid on his bed on board the British steamer “Andes.” He was

Many of my friends and colleagues declared this past Black History Month to be the most lit ever, but this

Someone recently asked me why the black women activists I study were so determined to leave the United States. It