Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

On W. E. B. Du Bois and Poetry

February 20, 2018February 24, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, Pan-Africanism, racism, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. At Carnegie Hall on February 23, 1964, Lorraine Hansberry

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“History is Knowledge, Identity, and Power”: Lerone Bennett Jr., 1928–2018

February 15, 2018February 20, 2018 E. James West black intellectual history, Black Leaders

When I found out about Lerone Bennett, Jr’s passing, I was immediately struck by his sense of poetic timing. In life, Bennett

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Mississippi’s Civil Rights Museum: Reflections from a Native Daughter

February 14, 2018February 16, 2018 Tiyi Morris Activism, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Donald Trump, racism

Several weeks ago, I attended the opening activities for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The museum represents a long-overdue,

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A Riot in the Social Order: On Race, Religion, and Power

February 2, 2018February 5, 2018 J. T. Roane religion

*A version of this essay originally appeared on The Immanent Frame, a forum of the Social Science Research Council, as part

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To Shape a New World: A New Book on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2018January 20, 2018 Keisha N. Blain imperialism, Martin Luther King Jr., Philosophy, reparations, social justice

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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