“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba
[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.
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Black Identity
Black Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16
We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find
Read moreRecent Works on Black Women, Gender, and Global Garveyism
In my recent review of Adam Ewing’s book, The Age of Garvey: How a Jamaican Activist Created a Mass Movement
Read moreWhen Slaves Go on Strike: W.E.B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction 80 Years Later
Slaves freed themselves. With this majestic assertion in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois all but cemented Black Reconstruction as one of
Read moreNotes from the Library: Black Nativity
On September 18, 1857, Conrad Deisenoth became a citizen of the United States. This print, held at the Library Company
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