Black Identity - AAIHS

Conversion and Hypocrisy: Reflections on the Challenges of Teaching about the Christianity of Slaves and Masters

August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 Chernoh Sesay Jr.

“…between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference — so wide,

Ta-Nehisi Coates, David Brooks, and the Master Narrative of American History

July 25, 2015July 25, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, teaching

I love Ta-Nehisi Coates. David Brooks…not so much. Biases disclosed, their squabble—if one can even call it that—exposes

Nothing is Impossible: Black History and Black Futures as a Flag Falls

July 12, 2015July 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonSyllabus, Activism, Ferguson, freedom, reconstruction, slavery, South Carolina

At dawn on June 27, 2015, Bree Newsome (with support from local activists) scaled the flag pole in front of

Confederate Flags in the Jim Crow North

July 1, 2015October 24, 2017 Brian Purnell

Photo: Opponents of local civil rights activists raise a Confederate flag in the Bronx, July 1963 *** Over the years,

The Illusion of Afro-Asian Solidarity?: Situating the 1955 Bandung Conference

June 30, 2015June 7, 2020 Tamara Nopper #BlackAsianSolidarity, Afro-Asia

**This is the final installment of my series on Afro-Asia, examining the cultural and political exchanges and historical connections between people of