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The Young Historians Project in Britain: An Interview with Hakim Adi

April 18, 2017April 21, 2017 Tiffany Florvil African Diaspora, Blacks in Britain, Caribbean

This month I interviewed Professor Hakim Adi about the Young Historians Project, a non-profit organization formed by young people to

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On Writing the Book Proposal: An Interview with Dawn Durante

March 20, 2017March 23, 2017 Keisha N. Blain book proposal, publishing, scholarly publishing

This month I interviewed Dawn Durante about best practices for book proposals and the scholarly publishing process. Durante is a Senior Acquisitions

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“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 Christopher Tinson Activism, black intellectual history, Historiography

On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett

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Race and Imperialism in Canada in the 1960s

March 3, 2017March 6, 2017 Paul Hébert Canada, imperialism

In recent years, scholars and activists in Canada have been drawing more attention to the country’s often-unacknowledged history of slavery.

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The Antiracist Philosophy of Malcolm X

February 22, 2017March 12, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #RememberingMalcolm, black nationalism, Malcolm X

This post is part of our online forum,” Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. In burning through the old forests of assimilationist ideas,

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