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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 Rashauna Johnson New Orleans, slave trade, slavery

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani

March 25, 2017March 29, 2017 Richard Mares #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Communism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Richard Mares, an editorial assistant at Black Perspectives and Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, interviews Minkah Makalani about his recent article in

Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." Photo: Columbia Pictures.

Race and Civil Rights Dramas in Hollywood

March 24, 2017March 28, 2017 Justin Gomer civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, starring the iconic Sidney Poitier. During the

“An Outrage”: A New Film about Lynching in the American South

March 22, 2017March 27, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, documentary, film, lynching, South

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

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., joins the CBC Political Action Committee in endorsing Hillary Clinton. Feb. 11, 2016. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP.

The Congressional Black Caucus and the Dilemmas of Progressive Politics

March 20, 2017March 24, 2017 Austin McCoy black politics, black protest, Politics

President Donald Trump’s request for White House correspondent April Ryan to “set up” a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus