Liberalism, Emancipation, and the Atlantic World
George Hackett’s trajectory simmered with the tensions that defined the Age of Emancipations. Hackett was born at the turn of
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When John Hope Franklin and Pepsi Made a Black History Record
A decade after his death, John Hope Franklin remains among the most prominent historians to ever chronicle the African American
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Look Good, Do Good: Madam C.J. Walker and Rihanna’s Beauty Politics
*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. As
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Lupe Fiasco’s “Manillas” and the Material Culture of Anti-Black Violence
In Lupe Fiasco’s seventh album, Droga’s Wave, he unveils how the historic legacies of transatlantic slavery connect with contemporary Black
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The Race of Disaster: Black Communities and the Crisis in Puerto Rico
In this post, looking at the lives of Afro-Puerto Rican coastal foragers, I problematize the “disaster capitalism” orthodoxy, to probe
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