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The Black Intellectual Traditions That Shaped Frederick Douglass

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 Russell Crosthwait 0 Comments
abolition, black intellectual history, Black Religion, Frederick Douglass, Historical Memory

The United States recently marked 250 years since the adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. For this occasion, a

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Author’s Response: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity

July 31, 2026July 25, 2026 Christopher Tounsel 0 Comments
#BoundsofBlackness, africa, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Christopher Tounsel’s Bounds of Blackness. In April 2023, civil conflict erupted in Sudan between

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Exceeding the Bounds of the Black International

July 30, 2026July 25, 2026 Brenda Gayle Plummer 0 Comments
#BoundsofBlackness, africa, African Diaspora, black internationalism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Christopher Tounsel’s Bounds of Blackness. Recent scholarship has probed a Black

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Race-Making Across Borders: How Sudan Challenges the Study of Race

July 29, 2026July 25, 2026 Michell Chresfield 0 Comments
#BoundsofBlackness, africa, African Diaspora, black internationalism, blackness

This post is part of our online roundtable on Christopher Tounsel’s Bounds of Blackness. What defines Blackness, and who gets to decide? In

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Fury and Disrepute: Black Women’s Feminism in Lawless Times

May 8, 2026April 26, 2026 Jenn M. Jackson 0 Comments
black feminism

We rarely read stories about unrespectable women. When we do, they are often white, middle class, heterosexual, and cisgender. Unrespectable

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