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“Talking Black in America”: A New Film on African American English

June 13, 2017June 15, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, dialect, film, language, linguistics

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

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Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

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

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The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora

May 22, 2017May 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr African Diaspora, education

This spring thousands of college students will march across commencement stages to receive their degrees. Many of these students will

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Blackness, a Haunted History

April 21, 2017April 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr Haiti, Vodou

Historians generally frame their writing and research around the notion of change over time, assuming that time moves forward. But

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Colored No More: A New Book on Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2017April 18, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Black women

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

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