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The Expansion of Soul Foods

November 11, 2024November 7, 2024 Jessica Walker 2 Comments
Black Culture, Black Food

It was Amiri Baraka who said a “Harvard Negro” wouldn’t know how to get down, and Ebony’s Freda DeKnight who said we

A Critique of Black Capitalism in an American Horror Film

October 22, 2024October 20, 2024 Kaela Buchanan and Yasmine Guy 0 Comments
popular culture, race, Racial Capitalism

The film, Candyman (1992), is a Blaxploitation film, a reactional Black revenge story that seeks to challenge white racism, privilege,

Colorful painted buildings of Favela in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. (Shutterstock-Skreidzeleu)

Online Forum–Race & Latin America

October 9, 2023October 8, 2023 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, #raceandlatinamerica, African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Carnival, Latin America, Women

October 11, 2023 to October 19, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS),

Online Forum–Hip Hop at 50

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 AAIHS Editors #HipHop50, #HipHopSeries, hip hop

August 14, 2023 to August 25, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting

How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio

December 6, 2022December 4, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black intellectual history, racism

For nearly 50 years, commercial radio companies only employed white broadcasters to target information and entertainment to mainstream America. The

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