Sounding South Asian, Sounding Black: The Sonic Politics of Appreciation or Appropriation
On the dance floor, we dance to the same beats per minute (BPM). The tempo that structures Black diasporic life
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Black Internationalism
Jack Johnson and Africa: Boxing and Race in Colonial Africa
Jack Johnson never set foot in Africa, but the circulation of his images was heavily censored and sometimes prohibited in
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and 1619
Martin Luther King, Jr. being Interviewed, with Coretta Scott King next to him, October 20, 1965 (Wikimedia Commons) Throughout
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The Significance of Yasuke, the Black Samurai
After the Second World War, US Soldiers in Japan (flickr.com) In April 2021 Netflix released the much-anticipated anime series
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Dr. Carlos E. Russell and the Origins of Black Solidarity Day
A young Black woman demonstrator at a rally at the Capitol protests voting rights limitations contained in bills written
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