Public History, Autoethnography, and Community: An Interview with Jodi Skipper
In today’s post, Celeste Henery, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Jodi Skipper on her new book, Behind the
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Slavery
Slavery, Capitalism, and Empire: A CBFS Interview
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated
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La Afrovenezolanidad: A Historiography of the Black Experience in Venezuela
During the month of May, Venezuelans celebrate Afro-Descendant Month in honor of the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions Afro-Venezuelans
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Northern Black People’s Freedom Struggle in the Nineteenth Century
During the mid-nineteenth-century, Black people collectively fought for racial equality and social justice within the U.S. The scholarship of historians,
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The African American Origins of Modern Asylum
Harriet Tubman, living in Ontario, Canada for most of 1851 to 1861, told an abolitionist interviewing fugitive slaves north of
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