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Rethinking H. Rap Brown and Black Power

September 29, 2018October 1, 2018 AAIHS Editors Black Power, Detroit

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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The Pragmatism of Black Nationalist Women’s Global Politics

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Robert Trent Vinson Amy Ashwood Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Garveyism, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire Keisha N. Blain’s fabulous new book Set

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Black Nationalist Women’s Global Visions of Freedom

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Amy Ashwood Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Claudia Jones, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire A welcome addition to the library of

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On Race and Sports: An Interview with Howard Bryant

September 21, 2018September 25, 2018 Jermaine Scott Activism, black protest, police brutality, police violence

In today’s post, Jermaine Scott, a PhD candidate in the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University, interviews Howard

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James Baldwin’s Ideas and Activism during the 1980s

September 20, 2018September 25, 2018 Aderson Francois black intellectual history, James Baldwin, literature, race, racism

James Baldwin died on November 30, 1987, at his home in Saint Paul de Vence, a small village on the

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