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Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, black politics, Black women, Brazil, intersectionality

Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil

Black Love as Activism

February 28, 2018March 3, 2018 Nicole Jackson Activism, black, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, Resistance

Last year was incredibly difficult. There was something that seemed more painful than usual about the deluge of the twenty-four-hour

Bringing W. E. B. Du Bois Home Again

February 23, 2018March 1, 2018 Whitney Battle-Baptiste #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. The year 1968 was one of the most memorable

Race, Religion and Radicalism: King and Du Bois

February 22, 2018March 1, 2018 Edward Carson #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, capitalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. On the occasion of a dual anniversary—the year we

W.E.B. Du Bois and the Souls of Academic Folk

February 21, 2018February 24, 2018 Roopika Risam #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, teaching, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. In higher education debates, W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps