Eslanda Robeson’s African Journeys
This is a guest post by Dr. Annette Joseph-Gabriel, a scholar of Francophone Caribbean literature and culture. Her areas of
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Black Internationalism
Haiti, the Archive, and the Historical Imagination
In the fall of 1877, John Mercer Langston laid on his bed on board the British steamer “Andes.” He was
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Hubert Harrison, Socialism and the Black Vote
The Democratic primary has again brought to the fore old debates about the relationship between class and race. In an
Read moreAntiracism and the Cuban Revolution: An Interview with Devyn Spence Benson
This month, I interviewed historian Devyn Spence Benson about her forthcoming book, Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of
Read moreRacial Violence and Black Nationalist Politics
Someone recently asked me why the black women activists I study were so determined to leave the United States. It
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