Gerald Horne’s Insurgent African Diaspora
This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History In 2011, Gerald Horne, reflecting on
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Commemorating Slavery in Nantes, France: Material and Virtual Traces
On a recent research trip to Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of France, I came across two particular sites where
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The Invisible Threads of Gender, Race, and Slavery
On March 24, 2017 the United Nations commemorated its ten-year anniversary for the International Day of Remembrance honoring the Victims
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On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society
Barbados was the birthplace of British slave society and the most ruthlessly colonized by Britain’s ruling elites. They made their
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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues
In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to
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