Making Jokes and History in An Octoroon
Last weekend I saw a performance of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘ play An Octoroon, which is a reimagining of Dion Boucicault’s The
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Women
Call for Submissions: Women, Gender, and Pan-Africanism
For centuries, black men and women have struggled for economic, social, and cultural rights under the banner of Pan-Africanism—the political
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Mae Mallory: Forgotten Black Power Intellectual
On October 2, 1962 journalists at the Chicago Defender interviewed Mae Mallory, a prisoner at the Cuyahoga County Jail in
Read morePan-Africanism, Feminism and Finding Missing Pan-Africanist Women
This is a guest post by Dr. Ajamu Nangwaya, an educator in Ontario’s post-secondary educator sector. He has a doctorate in
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Intersectional Critiques of the Criminalization of Black Girls, Past & Present
The following is a guest post from Lindsey E. Jones, a Ph.D. Candidate in History of Education at the University
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