Search Results for: Du Bois

When Slaves Go on Strike: W.E.B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction 80 Years Later

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount Activism, black politics, Politics, reconstruction, W.E.B. Du Bois

Slaves freed themselves.  With this majestic assertion in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois all but cemented Black Reconstruction as one of

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No Easy Romance: An Introduction to the Black Gay Life Forum

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Marcus Lee #AAIHSRoundtable, #DiscoBallBetweenUs, sexuality

This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. Dear Writer, The

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Black Women’s Cultural Production: An Interview with Robin Brooks

March 2, 2022March 1, 2022 Robert Greene II African Diaspora, black feminism, Black women, Gender

Today’s post features Robert Greene II’s, senior editor of Black Perspectives, interview of Robin Brooks on her new book, Class

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A Jubilee: Can HBCU Publications Revamp Education?

October 6, 2021October 5, 2021 Rochelle Spencer and DeLisa Harris Activism, black intellectual history, education, HBCU, Newspapers

  Thank you to the the library team at Fisk University, especially Dr. Brandon Owens and Dr. Magana Kabugi; their

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Black Student Activism and Durham’s Campus Movement

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 Brandon K. Winford black protest, Civil Rights Movement, education

The 1960 sit-in movement that began in Greensboro on February 1 is a familiar story when it comes to Black

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