Intellectual Identity - AAIHS

W. E. B. Du Bois, Aesthetics, and the Weird

February 20, 2018February 24, 2018 Britt Rusert #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, Literary studies, literature, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. The stature and prominence of W. E. B. Du

An Alternative View of Du Bois’s Talented Tenth

February 19, 2018February 24, 2018 Stephanie Shaw #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, Politics, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. W. E. B. Du Bois published one of his

“History is Knowledge, Identity, and Power”: Lerone Bennett Jr., 1928–2018

February 15, 2018February 20, 2018 E. James West black intellectual history, Black Leaders

When I found out about Lerone Bennett, Jr’s passing, I was immediately struck by his sense of poetic timing. In life, Bennett

Online Forum: W. E. B. Du Bois @ 150

February 10, 2018February 18, 2018 AAIHS Editors #DuBoisForum, W.E.B. Du Bois

*February 19-23, 2018 Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on W. E. B. Du

The New Negro: A New Book on Black Philosopher Alain Locke

February 3, 2018February 8, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Alain Locke, black intellectual history, Harlem Renaissance, Philadelphia

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