“Thinking Black” Against the Carceral State: Angela Davis and Prisoner Defense Campaigns
The stirring directive sounded like the denouement of a legal thriller: “I am going to ask you, if you will,
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Black Power
Colorism as Racism: Garvey, Du Bois and the Other Color Line
One hundred years ago this month, Marcus Mosiah Garvey and thirteen associates gathered in a Harlem basement to found the
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Black Power, Education, and the History of the Peoples College
Over the past several years, scholars such as Ibram X. Kendi, Martha Biondi, Russell Rickford, and others have produced scholarship
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The Third World Women’s Alliance, Cuba, and the Exchange of Ideas
Since President Obama reestablished diplomatic relations in December 2014 there has been a spike in American travel and interest in Cuba. Increased
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#AAIHS2017: Expanding the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History
The past year has certainly been an exciting one for the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). In the months
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