Transnational Legacies of Slavery and Revolution in ‘The Black Scholar’
Some months after visiting Havana, Cuba in late fall of 1976, Robert Chrisman — editor-in-chief of the journal The Black Scholar —
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Black Internationalism
On The International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books
The International Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books was first held in London, England in 1982, and
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Harlem as Setting and Symbol
Examining Harlem’s long career as “setting and symbol” of African American and Diasporic life and culture, Race Capital?: Harlem as Setting
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‘Dockworker Power’: Transnational Struggles for Justice
Dockworkers are a favorite subject for many labor historians—including myself. Historically, they have proven themselves reliably radical and strike-prone, and
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Between Radicalism and Repression: Walter Rodney’s Revolutionary Praxis
On June 13, 1980, the Black Marxist, Pan-Africanist, historian, and scholar-activist Walter Rodney was assassinated in Georgetown, Guyana.1 That year, students
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