Black Identity - AAIHS

How “Black” Is Your Science Fiction?

February 7, 2017February 9, 2017 I. Augustus Durham #comicsandrace, comic books

Depending on the context of its usage, the Spanish term género is definable as “gender” or “genre.” This conflation suggests

Remembering Marcus Garvey Through Reggae

February 6, 2017June 26, 2017 Quito J. Swan black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Garveyism, Marcus Garvey, music

Listen to the music. February 6 marks the birthday of Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945, the Reggae icon

Racebending and Representation in Comic Books

February 6, 2017February 8, 2017 Bryan Cooper Owens #comicsandrace, comic books

This guest post is part of our blog series on Comics, Race, and Society, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora

February 5, 2017April 2, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Afro-Brazilians, Black Queers, Brazil, religion, slave trade, slavery

The constellating topics of homosexuality and masculinity are perennial to Black American discourses. In contemporary debates, the chorus shouting loudest

Afro-Brazilian Feminists and the Fight for Racial and Gender Inclusion

February 2, 2017March 10, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, Black women, Brazil, Gender, Latin America

In 1979, Afro-Brazilian feminist Leila Gonzalez wrote a critique of the National Encounter of Women that drew much-needed attention to