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Finding Toussaint L’Ouverture in Tennessee

July 20, 2017July 23, 2017 Brandon Byrd Black women, Haiti, slavery

In the summer of 1777, as musket balls flew about New York’s battlefields, José de Gálvez felt confident. The American

Albertina Sisulu briefs protestors, Johannesburg, 1984, by Paul Weinberg. Photo: University of Cape Town Libraries.

African Women and Social Movements in Africa

July 18, 2017July 21, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Activism, Black women, Gender, Politics, Social Movements

While historical narratives have traditionally depicted the African continent and its people as inferior, scholars are actively challenging this pervasive rhetoric

Inside the Gun of the Black Panther Party

July 13, 2017July 17, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come In 1973, Amar Casey arrived

Women, Gender, and Party Politics in the Black Panther Party

July 12, 2017July 17, 2017 Ashley Farmer #AAIHSRoundtable, #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Power, Black women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come In the spring of 1967,

Poster for the Festival Afrofémiste Nyansapo. Photo: Mwasi Collectif Afroféministe.

Nyansapo: Black Feminism and the French Republic

June 16, 2017June 19, 2017 Annette Joseph-Gabriel black feminism, black politics, Black women, Caribbean, feminism, France

Recently, France saw an uproar over a festival planned by the black feminist collective Mwasi. The Socialist mayor of Paris,