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Remembering Marcus Garvey Through Reggae

February 6, 2017June 26, 2017 Quito J. Swan black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Garveyism, Marcus Garvey, music

Listen to the music. February 6 marks the birthday of Bob Marley. Born in Jamaica in 1945, the Reggae icon

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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

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#TheHistorySoundtable III: Recent History Books by Black Women

January 31, 2017March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain

Here is a list of recent books written by black women scholars. This list is the second installment of #TheHistorySoundtable list

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Black-Owned Bookstores: Anchors of the Black Power Movement

January 28, 2017January 30, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis black nationalism, black politics, Pan-Africanism

In the summer of 1968, veteran members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) opened a shop in Washington, D.C.,

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On Post-War Black British History

January 27, 2017January 29, 2017 Hakim Adi Caribbean, Politics

It is always fascinating to read historical accounts of the period you have lived through, or think you are familiar

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