“They’re Chatterboxes with their Feet”: Black Dances in Early Modern Spain
In his Premática del Tiempo (1628; 1648), Francisco de Quevedo berates Black African slave culture flourishing on Spanish soil. What
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African diaspora
Online Forum: Frederick Douglass @ 200
November 26-30, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on Frederick Douglass on
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‘The Untold Story of Marcus Garvey’: Interview with Filmmaker Roy T. Anderson
In today’s post, Christopher Shell, PhD Student in History at Michigan State University, interviews filmmaker Roy T. Anderson about his forthcoming
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Reclaiming the Tricontinental: Transnational Solidarity and Contemporary Struggles
In a speech at the Hudson Institute on October 4, 2018, Vice President Mike Pence all but declared a new
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‘Sexuality and Slavery’: A New Book on Intimate Histories in the Americas
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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