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Making Gullah: A New Book on the American Imagination of Low Country Blacks

April 17, 2017April 19, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Gullah, Low Country Blacks, South Carolina

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

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Colored No More: A New Book on Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2017April 18, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Black women

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

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The Poetry of Una Marson and Dionne Brand: An Interview with Belinda Deneen Wallace

April 6, 2017April 10, 2017 Nathan Dize #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, black feminism, Caribbean, feminism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at Vanderbilt University, interviews Belinda

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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 Rashauna Johnson New Orleans, slave trade, slavery

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

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“An Outrage”: A New Film about Lynching in the American South

March 22, 2017March 27, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, documentary, film, lynching, South

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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