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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

“Talking Black in America”: A New Film on African American English

June 13, 2017June 15, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, dialect, film, language, linguistics

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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

Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Toward a New Interpretive Framework

June 10, 2017June 13, 2017 Gerald Horne #Horne, imperialism, Racial Capitalism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History Above all, I thank the editors

Black Radicalism, Repression, and the “Horne Biographical Method”

June 9, 2017June 12, 2017 Charisse Burden-Stelly #Horne, Communism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History Gerald Horne’s first biography on W.E.B.