Black history - AAIHS - Page 109

Watchmen, Haunting, and the Religious Imagination

February 12, 2020February 9, 2020 James Howard Hill, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #Watchmen, race, Racial Violence, religion, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. “There are people

Read more

On Nostalgia: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and Black Religion in Three Sacred Facts

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #Watchmen, Black film, digital media, film, music, popular culture, religion

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. Warning: This essay

Read more

The Black Avenger: ‘The Essential Trope of Atlantic Modernity’

February 6, 2020February 2, 2020 Benjamin Fagan #BlackPanther, African Diaspora, Caribbean, comic books, comics, Haiti, racism, white supremacy

In the years before and since the release and reception of the blockbuster 2018 film, Black Panther, the iconic Marvel

Read more

Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow US and The Case for Reparations

February 4, 2020February 2, 2020 AAIHS Editors housing, segregation, urban history

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

Read more

The Imperial History of US Policing: An Interview with Stuart Schrader

January 29, 2020January 26, 2020 Dan Berger African Diaspora, black protest, Black radicalism, police brutality, police violence, policing, race, W.E.B. Du Bois

In today’s interview, Dan Berger speaks with Stuart Schrader about his new book, Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed

Read more