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Blackness, a Haunted History

April 21, 2017April 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr Haiti, Vodou

Historians generally frame their writing and research around the notion of change over time, assuming that time moves forward. But

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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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Black Feminist Futures: A Reading List

April 14, 2017April 17, 2017 Kathleen E. Bethel black feminism, black politics, Black women

In 1994, Ann duCille proclaimed that black feminism occupies a precarious status within the academy, due, in part, to its

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On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society

April 8, 2017April 12, 2017 Sir Hilary Beckles African Diaspora, Barbados, slave trade, slavery

Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their

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