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The Bud Billiken Parade

June 16, 2022June 15, 2022 E. James West 0 Comments
Bud Billiken Parade, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, DOCUMERICA, Parade

Over the last two installments of my series on race and DOCUMERICA, we’ve explored the contrasting visions of Black Chicago

Tricksters, Biographies, and Two-Faced Archives

June 2, 2022June 1, 2022 K. T. Ewing 1 Comment
Alberta Hunter, biography, Blues, Chicago, Memphis, Methodology

In 2015, precisely 31 years to the day of her death, blues and cabaret singer Alberta Hunter was inducted into

Ideological Hegemony: A Precursor to Institutional Racism

May 25, 2022May 24, 2022 Bala James Baptiste 0 Comments
Antonio Gramsci, ideology, Intellectualism, multiculturalism, Stuart Hall, white supremacy

Intellectuals advanced the concept of ideological hegemony, which is applicable to the establishment and change of relationships between Caucasians and

CFP: AAIHS 2023 Conference

May 20, 2022May 19, 2022 AAIHS Editors 0 Comments
abolitionism, CFP, Environmental Racism, health, slavery

#AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Eighth Annual Conference Conference Theme: “We Can’t Breathe”: Crisis, Catastrophe and Sustaining

A Mortal Man’s Heart: Kendrick Lamar and Black Masculinity

May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 Zion McThomas 0 Comments
black boys, Gender, hip hop, Kendrick Lamer, masculinity

We haven’t heard from Kendrick Lamar (as far as solo projects) since the 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning album DAMN. Kendrick

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