Haiti in Translation: A New H-Haiti Blog Series
H-Haiti began in June 2016 with the expressed purpose of existing as a virtual kalfou, or crossroads, where activists, artists,
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Why #BankBlack is Betraying the Black Freedom Struggle
Recently the #BankBlack hashtag has invaded social media outlets. Advocates believe that by transferring money and banking relationships to financial
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Immigration Policy, the West Indies, and Canadian Black Activism in the 1960s
Last month I wrote about a protest held by Toronto’s Black Lives Matter movement and the emergence of the Black
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Black Power, Name Choices, and Self-Determination
On March 6, 1964, Nation of Islam (NOI) founder Elijah Muhammad announced that he was renaming Cassius Marcellus Clay as
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Teaching the African Diaspora in Canada
As a scholar of African American history, I teach students about the experience of Africans in the Americas. Through survey
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