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The Rich Legacy of African American Political and Intellectual History

March 19, 2019March 18, 2019 Robert Greene II 2 Comments
black intellectual history, black internationalism, black lives matter, Black political thought, Black women, book review

In 1962, the magazine Negro Digest published a blistering critique of African American intellectuals by the sociologist E. Franklin Frazier. Titled, “The

Black Fans, Protest, and Power

March 8, 2019March 3, 2019 Louis Moore 0 Comments
black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, race, racism

Playing the role of the heel, white wrestler Rod Rivera looked up at the segregated balcony in New Orleans’s Municipal

An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology

March 6, 2019March 2, 2019 Don S. Polite, Jr. 0 Comments
Activism, Jim Crow, Politics, race, religion

The Women’s March, led by women of color activists such as Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory, brought millions out to

Eloise Moore, Queen Mother Moore, and Grassroots Black Nationalism

February 26, 2019February 19, 2019 Erik S. McDuffie 0 Comments
#QueenMotherMoore, black feminism, black nationalism, black politics, Black radicalism, Black women, Communism, Communist Party, Garveyism, Gender, Marcus Garvey, Pan-Africanism

Today’s post is part of a week-long series featuring excerpts from a special issue on activist Queen Mother Audley Moore.

The Transformation of Black Politics in the Liberator Magazine

February 13, 2019February 3, 2019 Cynthia Young 0 Comments
#RadicalIntellect, Activism, archives, black internationalism, black press, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black Studies, race, Radical Intellect

This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Christopher Tinson’s Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s

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