Black Death: Gore, Geographies and the Gallows in Jamaica
One evening, on a road in Jamaica, a soldier belonging to the “Mulatto Company” made his evening rounds. He came
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Black Political Thought
State of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100
At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
Read moreAfrican American Diplomacy and Disruptive Activism (Athan Biss)
This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of
Read moreGo for Broke: #WallerCountySyllabus
As a result of events in Ferguson related to the death of Michael Brown, last summer Georgetown University history professor
Read moreThoughts about Indignation and Democratic Political Theory
I recently read Nicholas Brommel, The Time is Always Now: Black Thought and the Transformation of US Democracy (Oxford, UK:
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