Black Political Thought - AAIHS

Civil Rights Playwrights as Black Intellectuals

November 25, 2017November 28, 2017 Julie Burrell civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Harold Cruse, theater

In the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, contributors reaffirmed the significance of

Radical Intellect: A New Book on Liberator Magazine

November 22, 2017November 25, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black, Black Arts Movement, Black Power

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Black Power Meets Pan-Africanism in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Peter Cole black internationalism, black nationalism, black radical tradition, Pan-Africanism

Historian Seth Markle has written the latest must-have book on Black Power politics. His book is “required reading” because he

Black Identity Extremists: COINTELPRO 2017

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Robyn C. Spencer black nationalism, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, police brutality, white supremacy

On October 6, 2017 an FBI internal report identifying “Black Identity Extremists” (BIE) as a major threat to Law Enforcement

Contesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony

November 8, 2017November 13, 2017 Yesenia Barragan #AntiracismInCuba, Afro-Cubans, Cuba, race

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary