Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

#AAIHS2017: Expanding the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History

March 11, 2017March 14, 2017 Brandon Byrd #AAIHS2017

The past year has certainly been an exciting one for the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). In the months

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A Violent and Violating Archive: Black Life and the Slave Trade

March 7, 2017March 11, 2017 Marisa J. Fuentes #SlaveryAtSea, slave trade

This post is part of our online roundtable on Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea In Slavery at Sea, Sowande’ Mustakeem takes

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Towards Usable Histories of the Black Commons

February 28, 2017March 2, 2017 J. T. Roane capitalism, Racial Capitalism

Since the 1980s, policymakers have extended the market logics of risk and profit to encompass all the basic necessities for

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Black Genealogies of Power: Seven Maxims for Resistance in the Trump Years

February 27, 2017March 1, 2017 Dan Berger black radical tradition, Politics, Resistance, Trumpism

“Power concedes nothing without demand,” argued Frederick Douglass in one of his most cited speeches. “It never did and it

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Introducing New Contributors to Black Perspectives

February 25, 2017February 27, 2017 AAIHS Editors

We’re excited to announce this year’s new contributors to Black Perspectives. This diverse group of talented scholars will explore a

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