Book Review - AAIHS

The Illusion of Progress in the Story of American Democracy

May 29, 2018June 5, 2018 Rebecca Brenner Graham black intellectual history, democracy, Frederick Douglass, literature, Politics, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois

The word progress is central to contemporary political rhetoric. Self-described progressives work toward what they see as positive change. Meanwhile, a

The Promise of the Nation of Islam

May 24, 2018June 5, 2018 Robyn C. Spencer #PromiseofPatriarchy, archives, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion, self-determination

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy Controversy over the Nation of Islam

Centering Women in the Nation of Islam

May 23, 2018May 26, 2018 Ashley Farmer #PromiseofPatriarchy, archives, black politics, Black Power, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion, self-determination

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy In her 2008 seminal essay, “Women

Black Women, the Nation of Islam, and the Pursuit of Freedom

May 22, 2018May 26, 2018 Erik S. McDuffie #PromiseofPatriarchy, black nationalism, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy Ula Y. Taylor stands as one

Expanding the Story of the Nation of Islam

May 21, 2018May 26, 2018 Gerald Horne #PromiseofPatriarchy, Black women, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Ula Taylor’s The Promise of Patriarchy Today the Nation of Islam