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The Common Wind of the African Diaspora

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 Kevin Dawson academia, academic publishing, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, Caribbean, Cuba, Haiti, race, Resistance, slavery

Julius Scott’s The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution is one of the academy’s worst-kept secrets.

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From Hashtag Activist to Street Protester: An Interview with Bree Newsome Bass

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, black lives matter, Black Power, black protest, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews

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The Lemonade Reader: A New Book on Beyoncé’s Visual Album

July 1, 2019June 21, 2019 J. T. Roane black feminism, Black women, Gender, Performance, religion, Resistance

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

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Essex Hemphill. Photo: Poetry Foundation.

Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography

June 28, 2019June 26, 2019 Emerald Rutledge black feminism, Black film, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, race, Resistance, sexuality

To close out Pride Month 2019, I compiled a list of texts ranging from traditional academic works to cultural

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Dressed in Dreams: A New Book about the Power of Black Fashion

June 25, 2019June 24, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, art, Black women, fashion, Gender, Resistance

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

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