Slavery and a Transnational History of Reparations
Reparations for slavery are arguably the biggest global question facing the African Diaspora in the twenty-first-century. In her new book,
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black intellectual history
The Complex Life of Writer Chester B. Himes
The prologue to Lawrence P. Jackson’s biography of Chester Himes begins with the twenty-five-year-old Himes sitting at a typewriter in
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Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard College
In 1911, Richard Greener was introduced to an audience as “‘the first colored graduate of Harvard,’ ‘ex-Consul to Russia,’ and ‘the
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James Baldwin’s Ideas and Activism during the 1980s
James Baldwin died on November 30, 1987, at his home in Saint Paul de Vence, a small village on the
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On James H. Cone and Black Humanity
*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. As an undergraduate student, I
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