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The Mystique of Chica da Silva

February 24, 2023February 16, 2023 Menika Dirkson Brazil, Chica da Silva, Enslaved women, Gender, Latin America, slavery

“La negra tiene tumba’o, nunca camina de la’o.” -Celia Cruz In 1985, West German band Boney M. released its eighth album, Eye Dance,

Vaccines, Truckers, and White Supremacy between the US and Canada

February 17, 2023February 9, 2023 Rachel Zellars antebellum, Black Canadian History, Black History, Canada

On January 28, 2022, with plenty of social media forewarning, hundreds of large rigs, pick-up trucks, cars, and a few

Kinship and Intimacy in Black Women’s Atlantic World

January 26, 2023January 23, 2023 Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo africa, book review, Kinship, slavery, Wicked Flesh, Women

Even as more scholars of color engage with the livelihoods of those not rich, white, or male, the way Black

Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana

January 25, 2023January 23, 2023 Menika Dirkson Early Republic, Louis Congo, Louisiana, Punishmnet, slavery

On November 21, 1725, African slave Louis Congo was freed and made a salaried public executioner in Louisiana by the

Online Forum–Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy

January 13, 2023January 11, 2023 AAIHS Editors #BlackIntellectualDemocracy, American Democracy, black intellectuals, democracy, intellectuals

January 16, 2023 to January 23, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an