Race Consciousness - AAIHS

Race Women Internationalists and Global Black Freedom Struggles

October 30, 2018November 3, 2018 Shelby M. Sinclair Activism, African Diaspora, black feminism, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black women, Caribbean, decolonization, Gender, race, racism

In her 1932 article entitled “The Awakening of Race Consciousness among Black Students,” Afro-Jamaican intellectual Una Marson advanced a theory

‘Radical Intellect’: An Interview with Historian Christopher M. Tinson

October 29, 2018November 5, 2018 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, black press, primary source

In today’s post, blogger Rebecca Brenner interviews Christopher M. Tinson about his new book, Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s. Tinson

The Struggle for Voting Rights and the Poor People’s Campaign

October 26, 2018November 3, 2018 AAIHS Editors black protest, Black women, carceral state, Jim Crow, voting

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

Beyond the Black Paradigm? Queer Afro-diasporic Strategies

October 22, 2018November 3, 2018 Fatima El-Tayeb African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Black German, Black Queers, blackness, Racial Capitalism

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

Black Women in the Army during World War II

October 17, 2018November 3, 2018 Natalie Shibley Black women

Sandra M. Bolzenius’s Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took On the Army During World War II details