Latin America - AAIHS

Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

#BrazilFreedomSchool, Anti-Black Violence, and the Rio Olympics: An Interview with Christen Smith

September 25, 2016September 24, 2016 Yesenia Barragan #BlackLivesMatter, Brazil

This month I interviewed Professor Christen Smith (@profsassy), Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at University

A Tale of Two Graffitis: The American Tag and the Brazilian Pixação

September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 Greg Childs Brazil, Politics

In 1970 on the U.S. East Coast, before there were murals or graffiti “pieces,” even before people began experimenting with

To Be Free: The Revolutionary Movement for Black Lives

September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Trimiko Melancon #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“What the demands do is not only expand the activist and political work of Black Lives Matter but also evidences

What is Afro-Latin America?

September 4, 2016September 3, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson

From Mexico to Brazil and beyond, Africans and people of African descent have fought in wars of independence, forged mixed