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Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 Tyler Parry police violence, policing, slavery

On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying a canine against an

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Hubert Henry Harrison. Photo: African Americans for Humanism.

Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Brian Kwoba Garveyism, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, New York, Universal Negro Improvement Association

The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early

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The Legacy of Martinican Women in French Politics

July 7, 2017July 10, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black politics, France, Martinique, Paris, Politics

On June 30, 2017, the world learnt of the death of Simone Veil, architect of the French law legalizing abortion,

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Contested Bodies: A New Book on Black Motherhood and Slavery in Jamaica

June 26, 2017June 28, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi archives, Caribbean, Jamaica, slave trade, slavery

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

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Poster for the Festival Afrofémiste Nyansapo. Photo: Mwasi Collectif Afroféministe.

Nyansapo: Black Feminism and the French Republic

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black politics, Black women, Caribbean, feminism, France

Recently, France saw an uproar over a festival planned by the black feminist collective Mwasi. The Socialist mayor of Paris,

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