Intellectual Identity - AAIHS

Black Germans and New Forms of Resistance

May 17, 2021June 5, 2021 Tiffany Florvil Black German, Germany, mourning

In her book In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, scholar Christina Sharpe described her concept of “wake work” as “a

Contemplating Black Ecologies

May 4, 2021June 5, 2021 Celeste Henery Black Ecologies, black feminism

Earlier this year, political scientist and Black feminist Julia Jordan-Zachery asked the question, “What do Black women think about the

Remembering Hubert Harrison, the Father of Harlem Radicalism

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Jeffrey B. Perry anti-capitalism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, social justice

Hubert Harrison (April 27, 1883-December 17, 1927) was a brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and radical political activist. Historian Joel A. Rogers, in

Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, black feminism, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Black women, Gender, Historical Memory, LGBT, literature, race, Resistance, sexuality

In today’s post, Emerald Rutledge, an associate editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Briona Simone Jones on her new edited collection, Mouths of

Naming and Self-identification in the Black Community

March 29, 2021April 18, 2021 E. James West academic publishing, Activism, African American history, Black Power

Naming is a complicated business. Names play a vital role in defining group identity and the identity of individuals who