Black Power, Name Choices, and Self-Determination
On March 6, 1964, Nation of Islam (NOI) founder Elijah Muhammad announced that he was renaming Cassius Marcellus Clay as
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Teaching the African Diaspora in Canada
As a scholar of African American history, I teach students about the experience of Africans in the Americas. Through survey
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A Country of Their Own: An American Ex-Slave’s Search for Homeland in Panama
While wandering through the maze of microfilm one afternoon at the Archivo General de la Nación in Bogotá, Colombia, I
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Brother to Brother: An Open Letter to Nate Parker
Dear Brother Nate: I write to you as my brother because I cannot think of anything else to call you
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What’s in a List?: Early African Americans in an Age of Consumer Revolution
As many scholars of early African American life can attest, one of the most vexing aspects of doing research is
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