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Black Resistance and Slave Politics in Lowcountry Georgia

May 23, 2023May 19, 2023 Karen Cook Bell race, slavery

Within Lowcountry Georgia, enslaved Africans expressed a determined political will to resist enslavement and maintain dignity. Their dislocation reinforced

A Response to Black Studies Readers, Dancers, Students, and Teachers

May 22, 2023May 19, 2023 Jafari Sinclaire Allen #AAIHSRoundtable, sexuality

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. “Crossings,” M. Jacqui Alexander reminds

A Theory of Black Queer History

May 19, 2023May 17, 2023 Jennifer Dominique Jones #DiscoBallBetweenUs, #Roundtable, Black Studies, methods, Queer Black Studies

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. In the essay,

An Ode to Kente Epistemology: Theorizing Black Gay Life

May 18, 2023May 17, 2023 Kwame Edwin Otu #DiscoBallBetweenUs, black queer studies, Black Studies, Kente Clothe, methods

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. I enter Jafari

The Theoretical Usefulness of Mess and Black Queer Studies

May 17, 2023May 16, 2023 Emily R. Bock #DiscoBallBetweenUs, #Roundtable, black queer studies, Black Studies, methods

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. For a while