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Albertina Sisulu briefs protestors, Johannesburg, 1984, by Paul Weinberg. Photo: University of Cape Town Libraries.

African Women and Social Movements in Africa

July 18, 2017July 21, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Activism, Black women, Gender, Politics, Social Movements

While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric

A View From Within: Inside the Black Panther Party

July 14, 2017July 17, 2017 Quito J. Swan #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Activism, black lives matter, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Black Power

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has

Inside the Gun of the Black Panther Party

July 13, 2017July 17, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come In 1973, Amar Casey arrived

Can Reparations Save American Politics?

June 29, 2017July 1, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount Activism, University of Chicago

Nowhere does ‘the perfect become the enemy of the good’ so incessantly than in contemporary debates over reparations. Perhaps this

The Making of Black Lives Matter: A New Book on the Movement’s History

June 17, 2017June 20, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, police brutality, Politics

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History