black politics - AAIHS

Remembering the Black Radical Press

January 25, 2018January 30, 2018 Christopher Tinson Black Arts Movement, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black press, Black radicalism, Third World Women’s Alliance

Print culture, including journals, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, posters, and books, was instrumental in advancing the politics, aesthetics, and criticism of

Prison Power: A New Book on the Role of Prisons in Black Liberation Struggles

January 20, 2018January 23, 2018 Ibram X. Kendi black politics, Black Power, Black Power Studies, prisons, white supremacy

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Black Power and the Detroit High School Organizing Tradition

January 11, 2018January 15, 2018 Dara Walker #StudentActivismForum, black politics, Detroit, education, student activism

This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The sight of National Guard tanks rolling down the streets of Detroit

Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life

January 5, 2018January 8, 2018 Matthew Teutsch black politics, Black women, civil rights, lynching, Racial Violence, segregation

Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I

Ghana, France, and the Re-writing of Colonial Narratives

December 15, 2017December 21, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel africa, black politics, colonialism, freedom

Emmanuel Macron’s recent tour of Africa followed the well-worn path of French presidents visiting former colonies. In the past, this