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Black Women, Police Violence, and Mental Illness

June 28, 2017June 30, 2017 Celeste Henery police brutality, police violence

When I heard about Charleena Lyles—I remembered Eleanor Bumpurs, Deborah Danner, and Sophia King. All four were black women with

Contested Bodies: A New Book on Black Motherhood and Slavery in Jamaica

June 26, 2017June 28, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi archives, Caribbean, Jamaica, slave trade, slavery

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

Mãe (Mother) Filhinha of Yemanjá-Ogunté. Photo: Yemanjá the film (2015).

Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil

June 15, 2017June 17, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Gender, Pan-Africanism, religion

While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still

Online Roundtable: Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come

June 12, 2017July 8, 2017 AAIHS Editors #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Power

July 10-15, 2017 Black Perspectives is collaborating with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights (JCHR) to host a roundtable on Robyn

Bound in Wedlock: A New Book on Slave and Free Marriage in the 19th Century

June 3, 2017June 7, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi 19th Century, Marriage

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