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Set the World on Fire: A New Book on Black Nationalist Women’s Activism

February 17, 2018February 24, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw black nationalism, Black women, Pan-Africanism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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A Troubled Past: The United States and Africa since World War II

February 16, 2018February 20, 2018 Jessica Ann Levy africa, Anticolonialism, Donald Trump, imperialism, racism, Soviet Union

A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump sparked yet another international controversy with his reference to “sh**hole countries” to describe

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“History is Knowledge, Identity, and Power”: Lerone Bennett Jr., 1928–2018

February 15, 2018February 20, 2018 E. James West black intellectual history, Black Leaders

When I found out about Lerone Bennett, Jr’s passing, I was immediately struck by his sense of poetic timing. In life, Bennett

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The Nubian Body, African Aesthetics, and Cultural Imagination

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 Janell Hobson africa, Afrofuturism, Black women, comic books, film, hip hop

The excitement over the much-anticipated African-themed superhero film, Black Panther, has reached fever pitch among African Americans and Black communities

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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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