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There Is No ‘Relatively Benign’ Version of Settler-Colonialism

October 28, 2019October 19, 2019 Yannick Marshall African Diaspora, Anticolonialism, black politics, black protest, Canada, colonialism, Resistance

I might be made to agree with Erna Paris that using the term “genocide” in reference to Canada’s treatment of indigenous populations

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Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

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Black Freethinkers: A New History of African American Secularism

September 27, 2019September 20, 2019 J. T. Roane Black Freethought, black intellectual history, religion

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Introducing New Writers and Editors for ‘Black Perspectives’

September 2, 2019September 1, 2019 AAIHS Editors

Black Perspectives is excited to announce our return from our annual summer break. We have excellent essays, interviews, roundtables, and

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Starfish and Guerrilla Warfare: Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied at 30 Years

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, art, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality, trans identity

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. During a

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