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Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora

February 5, 2017April 2, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Afro-Brazilians, Black Queers, Brazil, religion, slave trade, slavery

The constellating topics of homosexuality and masculinity are perennial to Black American discourses. In contemporary debates, the chorus shouting loudest

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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

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Black History Month Book Giveaways from Black Perspectives

January 31, 2017February 6, 2017 AAIHS Editors

In celebration of Black History Month, Black Perspectives will be giving away free books to our readers during the month

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#TheHistorySoundtable III: Recent History Books by Black Women

January 31, 2017March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain

Here is a list of recent books written by black women scholars. This list is the second installment of #TheHistorySoundtable list

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Black Women and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown

January 31, 2017February 3, 2017 Sikivu Hutchinson religion

On November 18, 1978, over nine hundred members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple church (including over three hundred children)

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