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Why the New Great Migration Matters

January 8, 2024January 1, 2024 Beatrice J. Adams African Diaspora, Civil Rights Movement, Great Migration, Migration

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

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Chick Webb, The King of Swing

November 22, 2023November 7, 2023 Alice Nicholas African Diaspora, Black History, Harlem Renaissance, music

It is important to acknowledge that Black people, wherever they are located in the world, are of African origin because,

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A Womanist Dancing Mind in Wilderness Archives

November 16, 2023October 29, 2023 Jaimie D. Crumley #WomanistTheology, archives, black feminism, Womanism, Womanist Theology

This post is part of our forum on “Womanist Theology.“ To enter the archive as a historian who studies the

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Uma História Ambiental Negra das Palmeiras

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter translated by Manoel Rendeiro Neto #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Leia a tradução em inglês deste ensaio aqui. [Uma breve leitura da palma da mão com Landscapes of Freedom por

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A Black Environmental History of Palms

November 7, 2023November 9, 2023 Jayson Maurice Porter #BlackFamilyTree, Brazil, Columbia, Environmental History, Latin America

Read this essay’s Portuguese translation here. [A brief palm reading of Landscapes of Freedom by Claudia Leal (2018), Raspando Coco

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