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Black Lives Matter, Hip Hop, and Fighting Racism in The Netherlands

November 10, 2020November 9, 2020 Thomas van Gaalen Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, black lives matter, black protest, capitalism, music, racism

The Black Lives Matter protests have sparked many responses from Black musicians—and not just in the United States. On the

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A Black Immigrant Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Jasmaine Brathwaite #Autoethnographies, African Diaspora, COVID-19, immigrant, New York

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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The Complexities of Black Feminism in Europe

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Julia Chinyere Oparah Black women

Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande’s powerful anthology of writings by feminists of African descent, To Exist is to Resist: Black

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Black Religious Politics: An Interview with Historian Nicole Myers Turner

September 14, 2020September 5, 2020 Ahmad Greene-Hayes Gender, religion

In today’s post, blogger Ahmad Greene-Hayes interviews Nicole Myers Turner about her new book, Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious

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