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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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Wyclef Jean on Black History, Haiti, and His New Album

March 31, 2017April 3, 2017 Darryl Robertson #HipHopSeries, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

Recently, I sat down with Wyclef Jean to discuss his new EP (Extended Play), “J’Ouvert” and how it reflects his

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Zora Neale Hurston’s Radical Black Love

March 18, 2017March 21, 2017 Guest Poster Harlem Renaissance

by Ayesha Hardison and Randal Maurice Jelks When Zora Neale Hurston published Their Eyes Were Watching God in 1937, she

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Ghosts of the Atlantic: An Author’s Response

March 11, 2017March 14, 2017 Sowande' Mustakeem #SlaveryAtSea, archives, slave trade, slavery

This post is part of our online roundtable on Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea. Slavery haunts the present. Yet, not

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On Teaching Afro-Cubana Feminisms

March 4, 2017March 8, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Afro-Cubans, black feminism, Black women, Cuba, feminism, Latin America

Black and mulata women have participated in constructing Cubanidad (Cuban nationalism) since the beginning of the Cuban republic in 1902.

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