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Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics, and Internationalism

February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 William Hogue black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black radicalism, religion

Often the history of radical Black Christians seems to jump from Abolition to Civil Rights with very little in between.

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Tuskegee’s Civilizing Mission

February 21, 2022February 20, 2022 Kenneth Smith black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

From his academic career at the Hampton Institute (1872-1875) in Virginia until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington preached

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Shades of Black: Ethnic Diversity in Black American Religious Life

February 15, 2022February 14, 2022 Kijan Bloomfield #AAIHSRoundtable, #PewResearchForum, race, religion

*This post is part of our online forum with the Pew Research Center. Church Avenue is a vibrant commercial artery

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A Sampling of 2021 Black Perspectives Posts: January to June

January 26, 2022January 25, 2022 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism

The year in blogging for Black Perspectives in 2021 was one that was dedicated to both the usual cutting edge

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Flyboy Meets Guerrilla Scholar

December 16, 2021December 15, 2021 Herb Boyd africa, Greg Tate, music, Robert Farris Thompson, Scholar

Mulling over how to deal with the passing of Robert Farris Thompson, the famed “guerilla scholar,” as he termed himself—he

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