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La Afrovenezolanidad: A Historiography of the Black Experience in Venezuela

March 30, 2022March 29, 2022 Menika Dirkson Afro-Venezuelan, Historiography, slavery, South America, Venezuela

During the month of May, Venezuelans celebrate Afro-Descendant Month in honor of the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions Afro-Venezuelans

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Malcolm X’s Gospel

March 28, 2022March 27, 2022 Ellen McLarney black intellectual history, black nationalism

In April 1957, Malcolm X began writing his “God’s Angry Men” column in the New York Amsterdam News, immediately after the brutal police

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The Residue of ‘72

March 24, 2022March 23, 2022 Dena Holland-Neal #GaryConvention50, black politics, Gary, Gary National Black Political Convention, Richard G. Hatcher

In 1972, I was a senior in high school at Gary West Side. It was an exciting year! All Hoosiers

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A Sampling of Black Perspectives Posts: July to December 2021

January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 Robert Greene II Black Appalachia, black hair, black internationalism, public memory, United States Colored Troops

Black Perspectives continued its tradition of tying Black intellectual history to a wide range of fields throughout the second half

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A Sampling of 2021 Black Perspectives Posts: January to June

January 26, 2022January 25, 2022 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism

The year in blogging for Black Perspectives in 2021 was one that was dedicated to both the usual cutting edge

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