Featured Books - AAIHS

Woman wearing face paint, "Yo soy Fidel" (I am Fidel). Source: www.granma.cu.

Writing Antiracism in Cuba: An Author’s Response

November 11, 2017November 20, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson #AntiracismInCuba, Cuba

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. I still remember the first paper I wrote

The Rise of Incarceration in Los Angeles: An Interview with Kelly Lytle Hernandez

October 28, 2017October 31, 2017 Erica Sterling Los Angeles, mass incarceration

In today’s post, Erica Sterling, a PhD student in the Department of History at Harvard University, interviews Kelly Lytle Hernandez about

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Jah Kingdom: A New Book on the Rastafarian Movement in Tanzania

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 Julie Hawks decolonization, Jamaica, Pan-Africanism, Rastafarianism, repatriation, Tanzania

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

Interracial Intimacy in America: An Interview with Sheryll Cashin

October 23, 2017October 26, 2017 Melody Shaff Interracial relationships

In today’s post, Melody Shaff, a student in Political Science at Boston University, interviews Sheryll D. Cashin about her new book Loving: Interracial

The End of Policing: A New Book on the Problem of Policing

October 19, 2017October 24, 2017 Julie Hawks police brutality, policing

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