Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

Black October: An Introduction

October 30, 2017November 2, 2017 Jennifer Wilson and Jennifer Suchland Black October, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Russia, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union

*This is the introduction to our online forum on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora 2017 is not a year lacking in

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The Enduring Crisis of Black Intellectuals In America

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, Harold Cruse

*This is the concluding essay of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro

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The Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, Gender

A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into

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The Still Rejected Strain; or How Black Thought is Enough

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 Josh Myers black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Harold Cruse

*This post is part of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967). Click here to

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Zeek Burse’s “Broke Man” and the Legacy of the Radical Blues

October 24, 2017October 26, 2017 J. T. Roane black radical tradition, music

On his 2017 album XXII, vocal artist Zeek Burse features Paralee Knight on a track Knight co-wrote called “Broke Man.” The song moves

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