Black Britons and the Politics of Belonging: An Interview with Kennetta Hammond Perry
This month, I interviewed Kennetta Hammond Perry about her new book, London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship
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Reconsidering Malcolm X and Islam
This is a guest post by Garrett Felber, a scholar of 20th century African American history at the University of Michigan
Read more“Stronger in death than alive”: Reactions to the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba in Montreal
Recently, my colleague Keisha N. Blain wrote a post commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first
Read moreRethinking Early Slave Literacy
Last month, I wrote about how slaves and free blacks appropriated Euro-American languages and their ability to use them to
Read moreCelebrating Two Years at AAIHS
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a man of immeasurable courage and vision. We
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