Power to the People: An Interview with Paul Ortiz and Johanna Fernandez
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated
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African diaspora
The Role of Black Women in the Making of a White Argentine Republic
“The discovery of personal whiteness among the world’s peoples is a very modern thing,” observed W.E.B. Du Bois, “a nineteenth
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Civic Memory in a Radical Bristol: Edward Colston and Black Lives Matter
On Sunday June 7, 2020, a Black man climbed up onto a plinth in the center of the British city of
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‘Island on Fire’: A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Amazonia: Environmental Knowledge In the Struggle for Black Liberation In Brazil
The question of Black peoples’ relationship to the natural environment is a complex one. Overwhelmingly, scholarly discourse on this relationship
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