Activism - AAIHS

Gwen Patton speaking at the University of Cuba in Havana. Photo: Trenholm State Community College Libraries.

Remembering Gwen Patton, Activist and Theorist

June 14, 2017June 17, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black Power, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement

“Ideas are powerful,” Dr. Gwendolyn Patton used to say when she talked to the younger generation about civil rights and political

Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

Interrogating the Master Narrative of “My Family’s Slave”

June 2, 2017June 6, 2017 Premilla Nadasen Activism, racism, Resistance, slavery

Alex Tizon’s widely acclaimed article in The Atlantic about his family’s horrific abuse and exploitation of a domestic worker has

The Young Historians Project in Britain, Part II: An Interview with Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Activism, African Diaspora, Blacks in Britain, Caribbean

This month I interviewed Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis about their involvement with the Young Historians Project, a non-profit organization

African Liberation Day, 1972. Photo: District of Columbia Public Library.

Black Power, Education, and the History of the Peoples College

May 17, 2017May 20, 2017 Richard D. Benson II Activism, black intellectual history, Black Power, education

Over the past several years, scholars such as Ibram X. Kendi, Martha Biondi, Russell Rickford, and others have produced scholarship