Search Results for: Civil War

Locating and Connecting Latin America and the African Diaspora

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 Chris Cameron

A few months ago, Greg Childs explored the connections between African Diaspora and Latin American historiography, noting the need for

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Barack Obama and the Legacy of Reconstruction

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 Christopher Bonner

Is Barack Obama right that race relations are not worsening now? New Yorker contributor Dorothy Wickenden posed this question during

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Fighting for Freedom: Free Women of African Descent in New Orleans and Beyond

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black protest, black rebellion, Civil War, freedom, reconstruction, slavery

Delivered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the panel

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Afro-Asian Lens on the Past

March 30, 2015March 15, 2016 Guest Poster Afro-Asia, Japan

***This is the third installment of a short series on Afro-Asia in which I examine the cultural and political exchanges

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June Jordan, “Bringing Back the Person,” and a Call to Community

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Rhon Manigault-Bryant

“Body and Soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be

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