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Remembering Phillis Wheatley

June 26, 2016June 25, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. black intellectual history, Black women, Phillis Wheatley

In my last post, I commented on a specific newspaper piece from the May 18, 1827 edition of Freedom’s Journal,

Call for Submissions: Women, Gender, and Pan-Africanism

June 4, 2016June 3, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Black women, Gender, Pan-Africanism

For centuries, black men and women have struggled for economic, social, and cultural rights under the banner of Pan-Africanism—the political

Celia, #BlackLivesMatter, and the Diffusion of Black Thought

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Brandon Byrd #BlackLivesMatter, black protest, Black women, teaching

One of the hardest days in my early African American history class is the day that we analyze State of

Thinking with Black Diasporic Intellectual Production

April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 Jessica Marie Johnson black intellectual history, black protest, Black women, Caribbean, slavery

On April 5, AAIHS blogger Chris Cameron described five approaches to African American Intellectual History. Cameron’s approaches included intellectual history

Making Freedom in Colonial Antigua: An Interview with Natasha Lightfoot

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 Reena Goldthree Antigua, Black women, Caribbean, emancipation, slavery

This month, I interviewed historian Natasha Lightfoot about her new book, Troubling Freedom: Antigua and the Aftermath of British Emancipation