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Women of Color in Film: An Interview with JT Takagi & Ada Gay Griffin

February 17, 2021February 22, 2021 Keelyn Bradley #AudreLorde, Activism, art, Gender, Resistance

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde. In this interview, Keelyn Bradley,

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“If bitterness were a whetstone”: On Grief, History, and COVID-19

April 23, 2020May 16, 2020 Elise A. Mitchell capitalism, health, mourning, race

“Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief.” -Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals The COVID-19 numbers are

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The “Mock Revolution” at Mosinee: On The Racism of Anti-Communism in the US

November 20, 2019November 16, 2019 Denise Lynn black politics, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics, Racial Violence, social justice, white supremacy

  For most of the last one hundred and fifty years, anti-communism has been a defining aspect of American political

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Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics: An Interview with Benjamin Talton

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Keisha N. Blain Activism, africa, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black political thought, black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Pan-Africanism, Politics, race

In today’s post, AAIHS President Keisha N. Blain interviews Benjamin Talton, an associate professor of History at Temple University, about his

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“Swinging While I’m Singing”: Spike Lee, Public Enemy, and the Message in the Music

June 24, 2019June 22, 2019 Mark Anthony Neal Black film, black politics, film series, hip hop, music, police brutality, race, Resistance, women in film

“1989, a number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer” —Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” The scene may be the

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