Benedicta’s Cabin and the Space of Silence
On August 12, 1798- the day in which the so-called Tailor’s Conspiracy of Bahia, Brazil was discovered by colonial authorities-
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Community Politics and Grassroots Activism during the 1920s: An Interview with Shannon King
This month, I interviewed Shannon King about his new book, Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway? Community Politics and Grassroots Activism
Read moreAmerican Dreaming at the Beginning of the United States
Reviewers of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me have commented on the tension in his memoir between skepticism and
Read moreFree Blacks and the Haitian Revolution in Cartagena and Charleston (John Garrison Marks)
Today’s guest post comes from John Garrison Marks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Rice University. His
Read moreUncovering the Silences of Black Women’s Voices in the Age of Garvey
Today is the seventh day of our roundtable on Adam Ewing’s book, The Age of Garvey: How a Jamaican Activist
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