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Black Panther, White Supremacy, and Double Consciousness

March 17, 2018March 21, 2018 Michael D. Kennedy #BlackPanther, #comicsandrace, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

*This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

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The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Book on Black Women’s Travels Abroad

March 2, 2018March 5, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, black politics, Black women, blackness, Jamaica, travel

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

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Film Blackness, Hollywood Whiteness

March 2, 2018March 3, 2018 Justin Gomer Black cinema, Black film, blackness, racism, white supremacy

“What if black film could be something other than embodied? What if black film was immaterial and bodiless? What if

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Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, black politics, Black women, Brazil, intersectionality

Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil

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Marcus Garvey: A New Biography on the Jamaican Black Nationalist

February 24, 2018March 1, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Activism, black internationalism, Garveyism, Pan-Africanism

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

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