Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

The Future Is Black and Female: Afrofuturism and Comic Books

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Grace D. Gipson black feminism, Black Queers, Gender, sexuality

For comic book and superhero fans worldwide, the release of Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016 became permanently

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New Age Activism: Maria W. Stewart and Black Lives Matter

July 24, 2017July 29, 2017 Westenley Alcenat Activism, black intellectual history, black lives matter, Black women, Gender

The 1830s was the high-tide of Jacksonianism, an era many historians consider the nadir of early American history. Although universal

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The 1967 Rebellion and Visions of an Independent Black Detroit

July 17, 2017July 27, 2017 Austin McCoy black nationalism, Detroit

In all likelihood, the progressive slogan—“Another city is possible”—grew from the ashes of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion. While many will

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Life in the Struggle: Stories of Life in the Black Panther Party

July 10, 2017July 14, 2017 Tracy K'Meyer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come In her conclusion, Robyn C.

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Hubert Harrison: Black Griot of the Harlem Renaissance

July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 Brian Kwoba Garveyism, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Marcus Garvey, New York, Universal Negro Improvement Association

The historical restoration of Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) calls for a rethinking of the Black radical tradition in the early

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