Search Results for: Civil War

Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence, Part 4

February 12, 2017February 16, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt emancipation, mass incarceration, police brutality, police violence, white supremacy

This essay is Part Four of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

Read more

Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77

January 17, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink black intellectual history, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism, West Africa

In January 1977, a month-long celebration of African diasporic culture brought participants from fifty-five countries to Lagos, Nigeria, including several

Read more

Global Black Culture: Celebrating Americanness at Festac 77

January 13, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink culture, music

This month marks the anniversary of a watershed moment in global black culture and knowledge production. In January 1977, over

Read more

Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3

January 11, 2017January 15, 2017 Keri Leigh Merritt criminal justice system, South, violence

This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first

Read more

The Problem of Equality: Black Communists and the Women’s Charter

January 6, 2017January 11, 2017 Denise Lynn Black women, Communism

Black Communist Thyra Edwards was not privy to the language of equity, intersectionality, and identity politics used today to describe

Read more