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Intellectual History Panels at the Caribbean Studies Association’s 41st Annual Conference

May 13, 2016May 12, 2016 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, Caribbean, Haiti

The Caribbean Studies Association will hold its 41st Annual Meeting in less than a month. For the first time ever,

Caribbean Federation and Black Diaspora Politics: An Interview with Eric Duke

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 Reena Goldthree Activism, black politics, Caribbean

This month, I interviewed Eric D. Duke about his new book, Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora

What Obama’s Trip to Havana Revealed about Race in Cuba and the U.S.

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson Afrxlatinidad, Barack Obama, black politics, Caribbean, Cuba

During his groundbreaking visit to Havana last month, President Barack Obama suggested that the embrace of U.S.-style democracy and capitalism

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