The Deep Roots of Afro-Asia
This post is the first of a short series on Afro-Asia—the cultural and political exchanges and historical connections between people
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“Black Messiah” and the (Re)Surgence of Black Love
I spent the latter portion of 2014 feeling like I was waking up in a veritable Groundhog Day (1993) remake,
Read more“Dr. Martin Luther King’s Mother is Slain” and Lessons from Gendered History
On June 30th, 1974 an armed gunman strode into the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The church, located in
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The following excerpt comes from the conclusion of my book, Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings: The Congress
Read moreReflecting on the U.S. Occupation of Haiti, One Hundred Years Later
This year marks the anniversary of two cataclysmic events in Haitian history: the U.S. occupation of Haiti in 1915 and
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