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Black Identity and the Power of Self-Naming

Black identity is the most political social identity used to identify people of African descent in the United States. The

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

Speaking about his research, 2019 Holberg Laureate Paul Gilroy told the committee, “I am particularly engaged by the fate of people

The resulting grief and trauma that follows Black mothers whose children are victims of terrorizing acts of racial violence persist

In 1991, Black radical activist Safiya Bukhari spoke to an audience and reflected on her decision to join the Harlem