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Centering the Voices of Black Activists in Post-Revolutionary Cuba

November 9, 2017November 13, 2017 Melina Pappademos #AAIHSRoundtable, #AntiracismInCuba, Afro-Cubans, Cuba

This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. There are few in the United States who

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The Marxist Proposition, Claudia Jones, and Black Nationalism

November 1, 2017November 4, 2017 Denise Lynn black nationalism, Black October, Claudia Jones, Marxism, Russia

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Many in the American

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Black October: An Introduction

October 30, 2017November 2, 2017 Jennifer Wilson and Jennifer Suchland Black October, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Russia, Russian Revolution, Soviet Union

*This is the introduction to our online forum on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora 2017 is not a year lacking in

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The Enduring Crisis of Black Intellectuals In America

October 27, 2017October 30, 2017 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, Harold Cruse

*This is the concluding essay of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro

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The Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, Gender

A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into

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