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The Persistence of Institutional Sexism in Africana Studies

September 17, 2018September 19, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Black women, education

While institutional racism under the current U.S. administration is identified as being more prominent and therefore more recognizable, institutional sexism, its

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Pan-Africanism: A New Book on the History of a Global Movement

September 12, 2018September 16, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, black politics, Black Power, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Pan-Africanism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Revolution and Repression: A Framework for African American History

August 21, 2018August 27, 2018 Brandon Byrd

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by blogger Brandon

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‘Footprints of Panafricanism’: An Interview with Filmmaker Shirikiana Aina

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Nubia Kai africa, African Diaspora, Black film, film, Pan-Africanism, West Africa, women in film

In today’s post, poet, playwright and novelist Nubia Kai interviews Shirikiana Aina about her new film, Footprints of Panafricanism. An independent filmmaker,

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African Americans, Palestine, and Solidarity

July 2, 2018July 5, 2018 Russell Rickford black internationalism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, police violence, Racial Capitalism

The specter of Palestine haunted my spring semester Black Radical Tradition course at Cornell University. Midway through the term, the

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