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From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany

July 5, 2017July 10, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Black Europe, Germany

On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands

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Poster for the Festival Afrofémiste Nyansapo. Photo: Mwasi Collectif Afroféministe.

Nyansapo: Black Feminism and the French Republic

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black politics, Black women, Caribbean, feminism, France

Recently, France saw an uproar over a festival planned by the black feminist collective Mwasi. The Socialist mayor of Paris,

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Gwen Patton speaking at the University of Cuba in Havana. Photo: Trenholm State Community College Libraries.

Remembering Gwen Patton, Activist and Theorist

June 14, 2017June 17, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black Power, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

“Ideas are powerful,” Dr. Gwendolyn Patton used to say when she talked to the younger generation about civil rights and political

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“Thinking Black” Against the Carceral State: Angela Davis and Prisoner Defense Campaigns

June 3, 2017June 7, 2017 Dan Berger Angela Davis, Black radicalism, mass incarceration

The stirring directive sounded like the denouement of a legal thriller: “I am going to ask you, if you will,

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Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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