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Why I Read ‘Black Perspectives’

August 13, 2018August 4, 2018 Jillean McCommons black intellectual history, Why I Read 'Black Perspectives'

Engaging with Black Perspectives on a daily basis is akin to having a seat at the table of an ongoing

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Why I Read ‘Black Perspectives’

August 6, 2018August 4, 2018 Derrick P. Alridge black intellectual history, Why I Read 'Black Perspectives'

When I began studying Black thought and ideas many years ago, African American intellectual history was not yet a cohesive

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Challenging the Boundaries of Women’s History and Beyond

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Sasha Turner academia, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Politics

Earlier this year, the Coordinating Council for Women in History issued a statement condemning the all-white male conference held at

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Answering the Social Justice Call of Sandra Bland

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 Keelyn Bradley #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, Black women, police brutality, police violence, Sandra Bland

This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes historical

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Stuart Hall: “Familiar Stranger” of the Black Atlantic

July 6, 2018July 9, 2018 Marlene Gaynair African Diaspora, Black Europe, Blacks in Britain, Caribbean, Jamaica

Stuart Hall’s posthumous memoir, Familiar Stranger: A Life Between Two Islands, is the most recent entry in his eponymous book

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