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Fears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Activism, Afro-Cubans, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Politics, Racial Violence, racism

Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or

The Young Historians Project in Britain, Part II: An Interview with Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Tiffany Florvil Activism, African Diaspora, Blacks in Britain, Caribbean

This month I interviewed Aleema Gray and Amelia Francis about their involvement with the Young Historians Project, a non-profit organization

Battle at San Domingo, January Suchodolski, 1845. Photo: Wikimedia.

Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica

May 18, 2017May 22, 2017 Marlene L. Daut Caribbean, colonialism, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Jamaica, slavery

In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would

Representations of Black Women in Cuba

May 4, 2017May 6, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Afro-Cubans, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America

With the continued box office success of the Fate of the Furious, we are once again returning to the idea

“The House on Coco Road”: A New Film on Family, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Grenada

May 2, 2017May 8, 2017 Michael T. Barry Jr. #FilmFeatures, Black film, Caribbean, film, Grenada

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History