Search Results for: slave rebellion

Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 Tyler Parry police violence, policing, slavery

On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying a canine against an

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Revolution and Repression: A Framework for African American History

June 6, 2017June 10, 2017 Brandon Byrd #Horne, Haiti

This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History What are the defining themes of

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Translation for the Purposes of Indictment: Baron de Vastey in Colonial Jamaica

May 18, 2017May 22, 2017 Marlene L. Daut Caribbean, colonialism, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Jamaica, slavery

In February 1817, a man named Thomas Strafford returned to Kingston from the Kingdom of Hayti. Shortly afterward he would

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Wyclef Jean on Black History, Haiti, and His New Album

March 31, 2017April 3, 2017 Darryl Robertson #HipHopSeries, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

Recently, I sat down with Wyclef Jean to discuss his new EP (Extended Play), “J’Ouvert” and how it reflects his

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W.E.B. Du Bois And World Revolution: An Interview With Bill V. Mullen

October 18, 2016October 16, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Afro-Asia, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black women, Communism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This month I interviewed Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies at Purdue University, about his recent book, Un-American: W.

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