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Frederick Douglass, Haiti, and Diplomacy

February 11, 2017February 15, 2017 Brandon Byrd Frederick Douglass, Haiti

Frederick Douglass was doing an amazing job and deserved more and more recognition. That idea dawned on Republican President Benjamin

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Resisting Racism and Islamophobia: Lessons from Muslim Slave Narratives

February 9, 2017February 13, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Haiti, marronage, racism, religion, slavery

The highly contested executive order that sought to deny citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States has

“More and More Influential”: Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump

February 8, 2017February 12, 2017 Juliet Hooker Donald Trump, Frederick Douglass

As President Trump recently said on the occasion of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass “is being recognized by more and

Remembering Marcus Garvey Through Reggae

February 6, 2017June 26, 2017 Quito J. Swan black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Garveyism, Marcus Garvey, music

Listen to the music. February 6 marks the birthday of Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945, the Reggae icon

Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora

February 5, 2017April 2, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Afro-Brazilians, Black Queers, Brazil, religion, slave trade, slavery

The constellating topics of homosexuality and masculinity are perennial to Black American discourses. In contemporary debates, the chorus shouting loudest