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Resisting Racism and Islamophobia: Lessons from Muslim Slave Narratives

February 9, 2017February 13, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Haiti, marronage, racism, religion, slavery

The highly contested executive order that sought to deny citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries entry into the United States has

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NMAAHC and the Internationalism of African American History

September 21, 2016March 10, 2019 Skyler Gordon

This Saturday, on September 24, 2016, the National Mall will be filled with black church groups and middle school class

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Black Power, Name Choices, and Self-Determination

August 25, 2016August 24, 2016 Edward Onaci Audley Moore, Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

On March 6, 1964, Nation of Islam (NOI) founder Elijah Muhammad announced that he was renaming Cassius Marcellus Clay as

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Readings on Black Women’s Internationalism

February 17, 2016February 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain black internationalism, Black women, black women's internationalism

In recent years, the field of black internationalism has grown in leaps and bounds. Scholars are moving further away from

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Reconsidering Malcolm X and Islam

February 8, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

This is a guest post by Garrett Felber, a scholar of 20th century African American history at the University of Michigan

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