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Colored Travelers: A New Book on Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship

November 28, 2016November 27, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi travel

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

Making Black Los Angeles: A New Book on Class, Gender, and Community

November 21, 2016November 19, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Los Angeles

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

Free colored soldiers. Source: Luis dos Santos Vilhena, A Bahia no Século XVIII (Editôra Itapuã: Bahia, 1969).

Revolving Doors of Fugitivity: Marronage and the Military

October 15, 2016October 14, 2016 Greg Childs black soldiers, Brazil, marronage

In October 1776, the governor of the Brazilian city Salvador da Bahia sent out letters encouraging municipal councils, landowners, captains

The Mundane and Extraordinary Aspects of Black Women’s History: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black women, black women scholars, reconstruction

This month I interviewed Kali Nicole Gross about her new book, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press, 2016). Dr. Gross is

Forging Black Identities in Slavery and Freedom: An Interview with Alex Borucki

September 2, 2016August 31, 2016 Reena Goldthree slave trade

This month, I interviewed Alex Borucki about his new book, From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río