Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, and Fighting Racism in The Netherlands
The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked many responses from Black musicians—and not just in the United States. On the
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African diaspora
From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power
My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to
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A Black Immigrant Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read
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Kwame Nkrumah and Decolonial Imagination
Historian Jeffrey Ahlman talks with Dan Magaziner about Nkrumahism’s shifting forms, and its influence on contemporary decolonization movements. We have
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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced
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