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Luncheon in honor of the President of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio, 1962. Photo: Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

A Troubled Past: The United States and Africa since World War II

February 16, 2018February 20, 2018 Jessica Ann Levy africa, Anticolonialism, Donald Trump, imperialism, racism, Soviet Union

A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump sparked yet another international controversy with his reference to “sh**hole countries” to describe

African American Novelist Frank Yerby’s Writings on Race

January 31, 2018February 4, 2018 Matthew Teutsch Civil War, literature, poverty, reconstruction, South

African American novelist Frank Yerby grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where he attended Paine College. Later he attended Fisk University and taught briefly

Race, Injustice, and Philosophy: An Interview with Tommie Shelby

January 2, 2018January 5, 2018 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, capitalism, economic justice, housing, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, social justice

This month I interviewed Tommie Shelby on his most recent book, Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (Harvard University Press, 2016) and his

From Head Shops to Whole Foods: A New Book on Activist Entrepreneurs

December 18, 2017December 23, 2017 Julie Hawks African American bookstores

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

The Historical Hatred of Haiti

December 18, 2017December 21, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins Haiti, Haitian Revolution

In 2016, while campaigning in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, Donald Trump told a group of Haitians that, “We have a