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Windrush and Britain’s Long History of Racialized Belonging

July 31, 2018August 8, 2018 Christienna Fryar, Nicole Jackson, and Kennetta Hammond Perry Black Europe, Claudia Jones, freedom, Immigration, Migration

In November 2017, 61-year-old Paulette Wilson decided to publicly share her story of being detained in the infamous Yarl’s Wood

Black Public History in Chicago

July 30, 2018August 8, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, archives, Black Arts Movement, black politics, Black Power, Chicago, civil rights, museums, Public History

As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II

Between Europe and the Black Atlantic

July 27, 2018August 8, 2018 Caroline Bressey art, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Blacks in Britain

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

The Realness of ‘Pose’

July 26, 2018July 31, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Black Queers, Harlem, New York, television

The FX series Pose premiered in June 2018 to rave reviews for its historic depiction of the New York City house and

‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker Shirikiana Aina

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Nubia Kai africa, African Diaspora, Black film, film, Pan-Africanism, West Africa, women in film

In today’s post, poet, playwright and novelist Nubia Kai interviews Shirikiana Aina about her new film, Footprints of Panafricanism. An independent filmmaker,