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Arturo Schomburg in Mind, Body, and Spirit

February 19, 2019March 31, 2019 Regina Mills African Diaspora, archives, blackness, book review, race

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, known to many by his anglicized name Arthur A. Schomburg, is no stranger to most African American

Beyond the Black Paradigm? Queer Afro-diasporic Strategies

October 22, 2018November 3, 2018 Fatima El-Tayeb African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Black German, Black Queers, blackness, Racial Capitalism

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

“Chocolate City, Chessboard City”: Black Vitality in Renaissance Seville

October 16, 2018October 17, 2018 Nicholas R. Jones African Diaspora, Black Europe, blackness, race

Seville, Spain at the height of the Renaissance bustled like a chocolate city–to borrow from Marcus Anthony Hunter and Zandria F. Robinson‘s masterful

‘The Criminalization of Black Children’: A New Book on Chicago’s Juvenile System

September 11, 2018September 16, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw blackness, Chicago, criminal justice system, Gender, Migration, race

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

Honoring the Sacred Fire of James Cone

September 5, 2018September 8, 2018 Xavier Pickett black politics, blackness, James Cone Forum, liberation theology, religion

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James H. Cone. James Cone, the academic father