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Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement

June 22, 2017June 24, 2017 Richard D. Benson II #BlackLivesMatter, black internationalism, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with organizations such as the

Mãe (Mother) Filhinha of Yemanjá-Ogunté. Photo: Yemanjá the film (2015).

Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil

June 15, 2017June 17, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Gender, Pan-Africanism, religion

While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still

Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or