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Charles Burnett and the Significance of Black Independent Cinema

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 Justin Gomer Black film, film, poverty, television, white supremacy

When Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight won the best picture Oscar earlier this year, I shared my optimism on this blog about the

Call for Submissions: New Blog Series on The Black Panther

October 1, 2017October 3, 2017 AAIHS Editors #comicsandrace

“The World of the Black Panther” Guest Editors: Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason On June 9, 2017, the face of the Marvel Cinematic

Crowd applauding Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, 1974. Photo: Environmental Protection Agency/National Archives and Records Administration.

Writing a New History of Black Religion: An Author’s Response

September 30, 2017November 5, 2017 Judith Weisenfeld #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black nationalism, Black women, Immigration, religion, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming One afternoon while sitting in the Schomburg Center reading

The Complexities of Racial and Religious Identities

September 29, 2017October 1, 2017 Tisa Wenger #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black nationalism, Nation of Islam

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s exhaustively researched and analytically brilliant new book,

Memory, Experience, and Imagination in Black Religion

September 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black internationalism, black nationalism, Garveyism, Great Migration, Immigration, Nation of Islam, 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