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The Meaning and Significance of Haiti in African American Studies

December 8, 2020January 11, 2021 Chelsea Stieber #TheBlackRepublic, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, Caribbean, Haiti, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Brandon R. Byrd’s The Black Republic. Of the “idea of Haiti,” historian

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“We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti For Being Black”

December 7, 2020January 11, 2021 Leslie M. Alexander #TheBlackRepublic, Haiti, Historical Memory, imperialism

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Brandon R. Byrd’s The Black Republic. On January 2, 1893, eighty-nine

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Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, and Fighting Racism in The Netherlands

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 Thomas van Gaalen Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black lives matter, black protest, capitalism, music, racism

The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked many responses from Black musicians—and not just in the United States. On the

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“Too Big To Be Small”: The Life and Legacy of Eric Williams

September 25, 2020September 24, 2020 Erica Williams-Connell #CapitalismandSlavery, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Black political thought, black protest, capitalism, Caribbean, colonialism, education

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in

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Enslaved African Americans hoe and plow the earth and cut piles of sweet potatoes on a South Carolina plantation, circa 1862-3 (Image courtesy of Library of Congress)

Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’: A Blueprint for Reparations

September 22, 2020September 13, 2020 Verene A. Shepherd #CapitalismandSlavery, Anticolonialism, Caribbean, reparations

*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner.

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