Readings on Transnational African American History
African American History has always transcended borders of many kinds, yet historians have not always recognized the transnational and global
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Black Internationalism
Recognizing Black Elderhood
In Pedagogies of Crossing, writer M. Jacqui Alexander asks us to observe the sustenance that lies sometimes in plain sight.
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The Relationship between Blackness and Europeanness
*This post is part of our blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to
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Readings on the History of the Atlantic World
Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.
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“They’re Chatterboxes with their Feet”: Black Dances in Early Modern Spain
In his Premática del Tiempo (1628; 1648), Francisco de Quevedo berates Black African slave culture flourishing on Spanish soil. What
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