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Racism, Borders, and Black Europe

October 1, 2018October 3, 2018 Elisa Joy White African Diaspora, Black Europe Series, black internationalism, Politics, race, racism

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

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The Pragmatism of Black Nationalist Women’s Global Politics

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Robert Trent Vinson Amy Ashwood Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey, black nationalism, black women's internationalism, Garveyism, Set the World on Fire

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire Keisha N. Blain’s fabulous new book Set

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James Baldwin’s Ideas and Activism during the 1980s

September 20, 2018September 25, 2018 Aderson Francois black intellectual history, James Baldwin, literature, race, racism

James Baldwin died on November 30, 1987, at his home in Saint Paul de Vence, a small village on the

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Remembering Pianist and Composer Randy Weston

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Herb Boyd music, spirituality

At the recent Detroit Jazz Festival, I showed vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant a photo I took of Randy Weston last

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Documentaries for Teaching African American History since 1865

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Joshua Clark Davis Black film, film, Jim Crow

Let’s face it: some students do almost no reading in our classes. But even if they seem to rarely crack

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