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On Transnational Black Feminism

At the recent OAH conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, I participated in a roundtable on “Transnational Circulations of Feminism in

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Blackness, a Haunted History

Historians generally frame their writing and research around the notion of change over time, assuming that time moves forward. But

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Civil Rights Organizations, the Black Press, and Ethnic Nationalist Movements...

As African societies began to break the shackles of colonial domination during the mid-twentieth century, African Americans looked to these

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Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement

During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with organizations such as the

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African Women and Social Movements in Africa

While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric

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The Fallacy of 1619: Rethinking the History of Africans in Early America

In 1619, “20. and odd Negroes” arrived off the coast of Virginia, where they were “bought for victualle” by labor-hungry

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African Americans and the Classics: An Introduction

The history of African American engagement with Classical history, literature, and philosophy has been fraught with controversy and complexity. Much

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Call for Submissions: New Blog Series on The Black Panther

“The World of the Black Panther” Guest Editors: Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason On June 9, 2017, the face of the Marvel Cinematic

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African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation

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

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The Russian Revolution, Africa and the Diaspora

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora From the time of

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Black October: An Introduction

*This is the introduction to our online forum on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora 2017 is not a year lacking in

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Constructions of Africa in Early Soviet Children’s Literature

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora The political and social

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The Afro-Asian Writers Association and Soviet Engagement with Africa

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora In October 1958, over

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From Refuge to Revolution: Bolshevism’s Evolution in Ethiopia

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Ethiopia’s 1974 revolution looked,

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Black Power Meets Pan-Africanism in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Historian Seth Markle has written the latest must-have book on Black Power politics. His book is “required reading” because he

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Identity and Culture in Roman Africa: An Interview with Jennifer A. Rea

In his recent post “African American and the Classics: An Introduction,” David Withun highlighted the problem posed by the assumption

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Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom

This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle

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Ghana, France, and the Re-writing of Colonial Narratives

Emmanuel Macron’s recent tour of Africa followed the well-worn path of French presidents visiting former colonies. In the past, this

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From Refuge to Revolution: Bolshevism’s Evolution in Ethiopia

This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Ethiopia’s 1974 revolution looked,

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Black Power Meets Pan-Africanism in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Historian Seth Markle has written the latest must-have book on Black Power politics. His book is “required reading” because he

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