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Ties that Bind? Emerging Race-Conscious Alliances Between African Immigrants and Black Americans

July 7, 2020July 5, 2020 Drew Smith Activism, African Diaspora, black politics, police violence

The atrocity of George Floyd’s killing by police has stoked anger over systemic racism while also helping redraw geographic, demographic,

On “Looting” in an Apartheid State

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Navid Farnia anti-capitalism, Black radicalism, police violence

“In planning the direction and form that MK [umKhonto we Sizwe] would take, we considered four types of violent activities:

Essence as Archive on the Occasion of its Golden Anniversary

July 3, 2020June 28, 2020 Siobhan Carter-David Beauty Politics, Black women, fashion, journalism

Writer and image activist Michaela Angela Davis argues that the creation of Vibe magazine represented the serious documentation of hip-hop culture; that

Free the Land– A New Book About the Republic of New Afrika

July 3, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black Power, Black radicalism, Resistance

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

The Role of Black Women in the Making of a White Argentine Republic

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 Christina Proenza Coles African Diaspora, Black women, Latin America, Resistance

“The discovery of personal whiteness among the world’s peoples is a very modern thing,” observed W.E.B. Du Bois, “a nineteenth