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Reflections on Race, Diaspora, and Nation

October 29, 2016October 28, 2016 Tshombe Miles Afro-Brazilians, blackness, Brazil

“People of African descent, wherever they reside, should always be mindful that national struggles can never be disentangled from diasporic

Young Malcolm X in Roxbury, MA with Ella Collins. Source: Wikipedia.

Women’s Leadership in the Organization of Afro-American Unity

October 27, 2016October 28, 2016 Garrett Felber #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Malcolm X, Pan-Africanism

*This is the sixth post in a new blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by Keisha N. Blain.

The NBA, Civil Rights, and Political Activism in Sports

October 26, 2016October 26, 2016 Derrick E. White Colin Kaepernick

We are only days from the opening tip of the 2016-2017 NBA season. Many fans are looking forward to watching

Braveheart for Black People: A Review of Birth of a Nation

October 25, 2016October 24, 2016 Alden Young Black film, Nate Parker, The Birth of a Nation

I was invited to see Nate Parker’s dramatic retelling of Nat Turner’s 1831 rebellion right before it opened to the

Making the American Syllabus: Hashtag Syllabi in Historical Perspective

October 24, 2016October 22, 2016 Lisa A. Monroe #CharlestonSyllabus

Hashtag syllabi such as #FergusonSyllabus and #CharlestonSyllabus assemble critical intellectual resources and promote collective study both within and outside of