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Langston’s Salvation: A New Book on the Religious Thought of Langston Hughes

May 7, 2018May 13, 2018 J. T. Roane Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, poetry, religion

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

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Performance Traditions and the “Mardi Gras Indians” in New Orleans

May 5, 2018May 13, 2018 Matthew Teutsch African Diaspora, New Orleans, religion, slave trade

Countless theories surround the history of the “Mardi Gras Indians,” Black organizations in New Orleans that don suits inspired by

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The Role of Water in African American History

May 4, 2018May 13, 2018 Tyler Parry slave trade

Flint, Michigan continues to confront a water crisis that, by all accounts, is a human tragedy. In 2014, the state of

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James Baldwin and the 1980s: A New Book on the Iconic Writer’s Last Decade

May 2, 2018May 5, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere black intellectual history, Gender

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

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The Windrush Crisis and Britain’s Memory Problem

May 1, 2018May 5, 2018 Adam Thomas Blacks in Britain, Immigration, police brutality, slave trade

Black Britons have occupied a prominent place in national and global politics in recent weeks. The British government has been criticized

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