Black history - AAIHS

Not Another Slavery Movie

October 18, 2016October 17, 2016 Janell Hobson Black film, black protest, Nate Parker, slavery, The Birth of a Nation

Even before controversial director Nate Parker debuted his Nat Turner movie, The Birth of a Nation, black voices emanated from Black

W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868–1963. Photo: Library of Congress.

W.E.B. Du Bois and the Bahá’í Faith

October 16, 2016October 15, 2016 Guy Emerson Mount religion, W.E.B. Du Bois

Recently the AAIHS held a workshop at the University of Pennsylvania where the contributors to its forthcoming anthology, New Perspectives

Teaching Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian Political Philosophy

October 11, 2016October 11, 2016 Laura Premack Brazil

In 1980, Abdias do Nascimento, one of Brazil’s greatest black activists and intellectuals, published a seminal essay titled “Quilombismo: An Afro-Brazilian

Haiti and the Atlantic World: An Interview with Julia Gaffield

October 10, 2016October 9, 2016 Reena Goldthree Anticolonialism, France, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

This month, I interviewed Julia Gaffield about her new book, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution (University

Herstories: Writing Black Panther Women’s History

October 8, 2016October 7, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, black women scholars

Authored by Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and Robyn C. Spencer Angela LeBlanc-Ernest, Tracye A. Matthews, Mary Phillips, and