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The African American Origins of Modern Asylum

March 9, 2022March 8, 2022 Sean Gallagher asylum, Canada, Diplomacy, escape, Haiti, Mexico

Harriet Tubman, living in Ontario, Canada for most of 1851 to 1861, told an abolitionist interviewing fugitive slaves north of

Mystic Stories From The Sketchbooks of Henry Ossawa Tanner, Part 2

March 3, 2022March 2, 2022 Kwabena Slaughter black art, Christianity, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Storytelling, Writing

For Part One from last week, click here. Since its publication in 1969, the biography written by Marcia M. Mathews

Black Power Revisited: A CBFS Interview

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022 Erik Wallenberg black nationalism, Black Panthers, Black Power, masculinity, Republic of New Afrika

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

Mystic Stories From The Sketchbooks of Henry Ossawa Tanner

February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 Kwabena Slaughter black art, Christianity, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Storytelling, Writing

In addition to making paintings, Henry Ossawa Tanner also expressed his creativity by writing stories. Most of them sit silently

State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed