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African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation

October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, religion, West Africa

Return to the moment you first saw Beyoncé emerge through the iron doors in the golden-yellow gown as water flows

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Writing a New History of Black Religion: An Author’s Response

September 30, 2017November 5, 2017 Judith Weisenfeld #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black nationalism, Black women, Immigration, religion, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming One afternoon while sitting in the Schomburg Center reading

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Uncovering New Sources for Research on Black Religion

September 26, 2017October 1, 2017 Danielle Brune Sigler #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld opens her book New World A-Coming with

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Zora Neale Hurston, Diaspora, and the Memory of Hurricanes

September 14, 2017September 16, 2017 Janell Hobson Black women, Caribbean, Gender, religion

September has become the month to remember disasters. Apart from September 11, there is the memory of the aftermath of

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African Women and Social Movements in Africa

July 18, 2017July 21, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Activism, Black women, Gender, Politics, Social Movements

While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric

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