An Environmental History of Slavery: An Interview with David Silkenat
In today’s post, Adam X. McNeil, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. David Silkenat on his new book,
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Black Ecologies
Women of Color Consciousness and the Global Environmental Movement
Grace Lee Boggs and Wangari Maathai were central figures in the development of the global environmental movement. Their work as
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Announcement: #AAIHS2023 Conference Guest Speakers
#AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Eighth Annual Conference Conference Theme: “We Can’t Breathe”: Crisis, Catastrophe and Sustaining
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Documenting Environmental Racism
There’s a good reason why I’ve focused on the work of Chicago-based Black photojournalist John H. White during the first
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Ecologies of Resistance: The Underground Railroad Ethnobotany Project
“Gone are the century-old definitions of the Underground Railroad dominated by images of shivering, frightened fugitive slaves. Fading away are
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