Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

Claudia Jones and Ending the Neglect of Black Women

March 26, 2018April 2, 2018 Denise Lynn black feminism, Black radicalism, Black women, Claudia Jones, Communism

With the onset of the Cold War and the U.S. government’s attacks on radicalism, the American Communist Party began to

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History, Memory, and the Power of Black Radio

March 16, 2018March 19, 2018 Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders Chicago, slavery

Between 1948 and 1950, a radio series called Destination Freedom aired on WMAQ, a local Chicago NBC station. Richard Durham

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The Communist Reimagining of Black History

March 12, 2018March 15, 2018 Denise Lynn Claudia Jones, Communism, Harriet Tubman, Historical Memory, slavery

The American Communist Party was aware that history was a powerful tool. It frequently used history in its propaganda to

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Black Panther and the Politics of Black Heroism

March 10, 2018March 15, 2018 Sheena Howard #BlackPanther, #comicsandrace

*This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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Race, Religion and Radicalism: King and Du Bois

February 22, 2018March 1, 2018 Edward Carson #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, capitalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. On the occasion of a dual anniversary—the year we

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