Between Diasporic Consciousness and Cultural Appropriation
Last month, writer Zipporah Gene, of Nigerian descent, set off a firestorm when she accused African Americans of “culturally appropriating”
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Notes from the Library: Gerrit Smith and the Problems of Politics
Gerrit Smith wanted to solve the problems of the antebellum United States. He hated slavery, so he bankrolled John Brown.
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“Concede Nothing” – How to Remember a Storm Ten Years Later
This year marked ten years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall. To say New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast would
Read moreRecent Scholarship in Afro-Latin American and Caribbean Studies: A Brief Bibliography
The past twelve months have witnessed an outpouring of new scholarship on the African Diaspora in Latin America and the
Read moreNew Releases in African American Intellectual History
Below are new books in African American intellectual history soon to be published or already published within the last 6
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