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Silencing Black Radicalism Since the Cold War

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black internationalism, Black radicalism, civil rights, Resistance, W.E.B. Du Bois

As the recent election has shown, anti-communism is alive and well in the United States. Donald Trump and other conservatives

Black Brazilian Researchers and Activists Respond to Covid-19

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Kia Lilly Caldwell African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, COVID-19, health, race, racism

By late May 2020, Brazil was the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world.

Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico

December 1, 2020November 22, 2020 Don S. Polite, Jr. book review, colonialism, police brutality, police violence, policing, Puerto Rico, race, racism

In Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico, Marisol LeBrón explores a troubling notion that seems

Online Roundtable: Brandon R. Byrd’s ‘The Black Republic’

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 AAIHS Editors #TheBlackRepublic

December 7-11, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a week-long online roundtable on

Resisting Carceral Cities: A Conversation with Carl Suddler and Garrett Felber

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black political thought, carceral state, juvenile justice, Nation of Islam, New York, police violence, policing, prisons, race, Racial Violence, racism

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated