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African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation

October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, religion, West Africa

Return to the moment you first saw Beyoncé emerge through the iron doors in the golden-yellow gown as water flows

How American Racism Shaped Nazism

October 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Rebecca Brenner Graham Immigration, race, racism, religion, violence, white supremacy

American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for

Crowd applauding Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, 1974. Photo: Environmental Protection Agency/National Archives and Records Administration.

Writing a New History of Black Religion: An Author’s Response

September 30, 2017November 5, 2017 Judith Weisenfeld #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black nationalism, Black women, Immigration, religion, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming One afternoon while sitting in the Schomburg Center reading

Memory, Experience, and Imagination in Black Religion

September 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black internationalism, black nationalism, Garveyism, Great Migration, Immigration, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial

Rethinking Religion and Race in the Great Migration

September 27, 2017October 1, 2017 Emily Clark #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial