Resistance Discourse of Nineteenth Century Black Intellectuals
*This post is part of our roundtable “Digital Black Atlantics.” At the “National Negro Convention” in Buffalo of 1843, Black
Read more
Resistance
Hair Discrimination and Global Politics of Anti-Blackness, Part 1
Recent cases of Black hair/style regulation and punishment in Britain, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States reveal
Read more
Black Women, Sanderson Farms, and the Strike for Better Conditions
African American Women in Industry, 1939-1945 (New York Public Library) “Try Miss Goldy Chickens, and try a little
Read more
Lil Nas X: the AIDS Activist Gen Z Needs
Lil Nas X’s performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards was—as fans have come to expect—a virtuosic entry in
Read more
Black Identity and the Power of Self-Naming
Black identity is the most political social identity used to identify people of African descent in the United States. The
Read more