Black Political Thought - AAIHS

W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History

September 3, 2020August 28, 2020 Edward Carson African Diaspora, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

In 2018, scholars celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of W.E.B. Du Bois via published essays, symposiums, and commemorative

Surveillance, State Power, and the Activism of Shirley Graham Du Bois

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Canada, Communism, W.E.B. Du Bois

The recent Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality are a reminder that social justice advocacy and activism can come

Poem: “What I Need”

August 25, 2020September 1, 2020 Joy Powell IBRT

*This poem is part of our online forum on ‘The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition,’ organized by Stephen Wilson and Garrett Felber.

Online Forum: The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition

August 19, 2020September 1, 2020 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackAugust, IBRT

August 24, 2020 to August 28, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), will host an online

Agents of Change: Black Freethinkers Then and Now

August 17, 2020August 16, 2020 Lauren T. Rorie black intellectual history, religion

Religion, as part of the trifecta of “sex, politics, and religion” is the most under-examined aspect of contemporary Black feminist