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Writing an Organizational History of the Black Panthers: An Author’s Response

July 15, 2017July 21, 2017 Robyn C. Spencer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, archives, Black Panther Party, Black Power, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come Although I received my formal

Gerald Horne’s Insurgent African Diaspora

June 7, 2017June 12, 2017 Jessica Marie Johnson #Horne, archives, black internationalism, slave trade

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History In 2011, Gerald Horne, reflecting on

Fugitivity, Refusal, and Visual Captivity: A Review of Tina Campt’s Listening to Images

May 27, 2017May 31, 2017 J. T. Roane Sandra Bland

I will never forget the unnerving feeling that washed over me when I first saw Sandra Bland’s mug shot circulating

Coretta Scott King at the Democratic National Convention, New York City. Photo: Library of Congress.

Coretta Scott King, The Archive, and Black Feminist Methods

May 11, 2017May 16, 2017 David Stein archives, black feminism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr.

For someone so prominent, learning about Coretta Scott King’s life and labors apart from those of her late husband is

Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani

March 25, 2017March 29, 2017 Richard Mares #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Communism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Richard Mares, an editorial assistant at Black Perspectives and Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, interviews Minkah Makalani about his recent article in