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Recognizing Black Elderhood

January 4, 2019January 29, 2019 Celeste Henery African Diaspora, black internationalism, Brazil, music, race

In Pedagogies of Crossing, writer M. Jacqui Alexander asks us to observe the sustenance that lies sometimes in plain sight.

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Top 10 of 2018 – #9 – The Legacy and Representation of Blacks in Spain

December 18, 2018December 24, 2018 Nicholas R. Jones #TopTen

*Editor’s Note: As the year comes to a close, we’re featuring the ten most popular pieces we published on Black Perspectives. This

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Frederick Douglass’s Vision of America

November 27, 2018December 3, 2018 Neil Roberts black lives matter, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum

*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Fellow Citizens: I’m worried. Very worried. But don’t

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Readings on the History of the Atlantic World

November 19, 2018November 26, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden and Jessica Parr African Diaspora, capitalism, slave trade, slavery

Several months ago, Five Books published a list of 5 books on the Atlantic World, which included some notable omissions.

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Weathering the Transatlantic Slave Trade’s Final Odysseys

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Mary E. Hicks slave trade, slavery, South Carolina

The transatlantic slave trade, which endured for over 400 years, stitched together disparate, and as Sharla Fett reminds us, often

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