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An Internationalist Vision of Black History Month

February 13, 2018February 16, 2018 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

Black History Month has always had an international outlook. From its origins as Negro History Week, started in 1926 by

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Josephine Butler and Environmental Activism in Washington, DC

January 13, 2018January 20, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Black women, environmentalism, social justice

The first time I heard about Josephine Butler was when I stepped into the building named after her––the Josephine Butler

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Reaping the Revolution: Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba

January 4, 2018January 8, 2018 J. T. Roane Activism, Afro-Cubans, Caribbean, Cuba, environment, food, Latin America, religion

During my recent visit to Cuba, I took a coco, one of Havana’s zipping yellow motorcycle taxis, from my accommodations

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2017 in Review: Top Posts on Black Women’s History

December 28, 2017January 2, 2018 AAIHS Editors

In 2017, Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), featured a wide variety of pieces, including articles that

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Moving Slave Narratives from Film to Comics

December 22, 2017December 29, 2017 Nathan Moore comic books, film, Racial Violence, slavery, violence

Comics might not be the first place you’d think to go to for profound meditations on complex topics like war,

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