Fire in Babylon and The Racial Politics of West Indian Cricket
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” asked C.L.R. James in Beyond a Boundary, his 1962 study
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Intellectual History Panels at the Caribbean Studies Association’s 41st Annual Conference
The Caribbean Studies Association will hold its 41st Annual Meeting in less than a month. For the first time ever,
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Centering Black Women’s Ideas and Activism in Twentieth Century London
In recent years, we have witnessed a significant growth in the literature on Black Britain. The works of Paul Gilroy,
Read moreTeaching Histories of Graffiti
“Wait, what!? How do you even teach this kind of history?” “What kind of texts do you use in class?”
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Hubert Harrison, Socialism and the Black Vote
The Democratic primary has again brought to the fore old debates about the relationship between class and race. In an
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