Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum: Reflections from a Native Daughter
Several weeks ago, I attended the opening activities for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The museum represents a long-overdue,
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American identity
“Black Enuf*”: A New Animated Documentary on Black Queer Identity
This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.
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Like Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map
“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive
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Interracial Intimacy in America: An Interview with Sheryll Cashin
In today’s post, Melody Shaff, a student in Political Science at Boston University, interviews Sheryll D. Cashin about her new book Loving: Interracial
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Memory, Experience, and Imagination in Black Religion
This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial
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