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The Pragmatism of Black Nationalist Women’s Global Politics

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Robert Trent Vinson Amy Ashwood Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Garveyism, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire Keisha N. Blain’s fabulous new book Set

Black Nationalist Women’s Global Visions of Freedom

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Amy Ashwood Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Claudia Jones, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire A welcome addition to the library of

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

The NFL and a History of Black Protest

September 12, 2018September 16, 2018 Louis Moore sports

In 1944, Black activist and sportswriter Halley Harding, argued that “most persons, corporations or business almost always forget the people or incidents