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Black Women, the Nation of Islam, and the Pursuit of Freedom

May 22, 2018May 26, 2018 Erik S. McDuffie #PromiseofPatriarchy, black nationalism, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy  Ula Y. Taylor stands as one

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The Complexities and Contradictions of the Nation of Islam

May 21, 2018May 26, 2018 Asia Leeds #PromiseofPatriarchy, black nationalism, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy  In The Promise of Patriarchy: Women

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Solidarity and Excellence: W.E.B. Du Bois and William Leo Hansberry

May 19, 2018May 22, 2018 Christopher Tinson African Diaspora, black intellectual history, race, teaching, W.E.B. Du Bois

In W. E. B. Du Bois’s The World and Africa, first published in 1946, he writes: “I have read Eduard

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Black Male Genius and the Distortion of Black History

May 17, 2018May 22, 2018 Nicole Jackson Black women, hip hop, music, slavery

In the aftermath of Kanye West’s recent media blitz, there was considerable media attention paid to his parroting and amplifying

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Louise Thompson Patterson and Black Radical Politics

May 12, 2018May 26, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women

On September 16, 1984, exactly one week after Louise Thompson Patterson turned eighty-three years old, an extravaganza was held in

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