African Diaspora - AAIHS

‘Ten Days in Harlem’: An Interview with Historian Simon Hall

August 31, 2020September 7, 2020 Say Burgin African Diaspora, black internationalism, Cuba, Resistance

In today’s piece, blogger Say Burgin interviews historian Simon Hall, a former Fox International Fellow at Yale, is currently Professor of

The Relationship Between African Americans and Africa

August 11, 2020August 13, 2020 Christopher Ndubuizu African Diaspora, blackness, Historical Memory

Negro, African, Colored, Afro-American, African American, and Black are identifiers that reflect the variety of ways African Americans have identified

Ties that Bind? Emerging Race-Conscious Alliances Between African Immigrants and Black Americans

July 7, 2020July 5, 2020 Drew Smith Activism, African Diaspora, black politics, police violence

The atrocity of George Floyd’s killing by police has stoked anger over systemic racism while also helping redraw geographic, demographic,

Power to the People: An Interview with Paul Ortiz and Johanna Fernandez

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors African Diaspora, black nationalism, Black Panther Party, Puerto Rican history, Resistance

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

The Role of Black Women in the Making of a White Argentine Republic

July 2, 2020June 28, 2020 Christina Proenza Coles African Diaspora, Black women, Latin America, Resistance

“The discovery of personal whiteness among the world’s peoples is a very modern thing,” observed W.E.B. Du Bois, “a nineteenth