Literature - AAIHS

Cosmic Literacies and Black Fugitivity

Star-gazing as a practice of fugitivity has a long history for Black Americans. According to folklore, spirituals like “Foller de

With this past June marking the 100th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’s birth, it is important that we reflect on the life and

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora In October 1958, over

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora The political and social

In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,