The Early Scholarship of John Hope Franklin
The famed European historian, A.J.P. Taylor, remarked that “nothing is inevitable until it happens.” John Hope Franklin, who throughout a
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Without Exception ?
In 1798, Luís Gonzaga, a free man of African descent was arrested for promoting rebellion against slavery and colonialism in
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In his 2010 CD Sophomore Slump, the Jackson, Mississippi-based artist Skipp Coon rapped in the opening track “James,” “From where
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At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
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Jason C. Bivins. Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp.xvi, 369. $29.95 I first met Oluyemi
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