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Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden Marriage, Post-Civil War, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

A recent NPR article entitled “Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business” ⁠included a photo of two African American

‘Unrequited Toil’: A New Book on the History of U.S. Slavery

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Keisha N. Blain capitalism, race, Racial Capitalism, racism, slavery

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

The Black Arts Movement and Twenty-First-Century Aesthetics

September 18, 2018September 19, 2018 Daniel Matlin Black Arts Movement, black feminism, Black Power, black protest, race

In Percival Everett’s satirical novel Erasure (2001), a struggling author in need of money to pay for his elderly mother’s

The Persistence of Institutional Sexism in Africana Studies

September 17, 2018September 19, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Black women, education

While institutional racism under the current U.S. administration is identified as being more prominent and therefore more recognizable, institutional sexism, its

Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago

September 13, 2018September 18, 2018 Teona Williams Activism, Chicago, environment, Great Migration, Migration

Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called