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Transcending Time: Centering Literature at Festac 77

January 17, 2017May 30, 2017 Suzanne Enzerink black intellectual history, black internationalism, Pan-Africanism, West Africa

In January 1977, a month-long celebration of African diasporic culture brought participants from fifty-five countries to Lagos, Nigeria, including several

Audre Lorde standing in front of board reading "Women are powerful and dangerous." Source: The Guardian.

Black Queer Writers and the Transformative Possibilities of Queer Sensuality

January 17, 2017January 19, 2017 J. T. Roane black intellectual history, Black Queers, sexuality

Black Queer writers of the 1980s hoped to precipitate a seismic transformation in the political culture of the United States.

AAIHS 2017: Expanding the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History

January 15, 2017January 15, 2017 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, conference

The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the release of the preliminary program for our second

The Art And Lives of James Baldwin: An Interview with Douglas Field

January 15, 2017March 26, 2017 Phillip Luke Sinitiere black intellectual history, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, religion

This month I interviewed Douglas Field about his book All Those Strangers: The Art and Lives of James Baldwin. Field

An Introduction to the African American Intellectual Heritage Book Series

January 10, 2017March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain black intellectual history

In today’s post, I sit down with Professors Patrick B. Miller and Paul Spickard to discuss their book series, The African American