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Countering the Jaggedness– Shabez Jamal and New Black Surrealisms

March 2, 2020March 17, 2020 AAIHS Editors #NewBlackSurrealisms, art, Black film, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race

*This post is part of our New Black Surrealisms series organized by Tiffany E. Barber and Jerome Dent and features

On Nostalgia: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and Black Religion in Three Sacred Facts

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #Watchmen, Black film, digital media, film, music, popular culture, religion

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. Warning: This essay

Online Forum: HBO’s Watchmen

February 4, 2020February 2, 2020 AAIHS Editors #Watchmen, black politics, comic books, comics, film, forum, popular culture, race, television

February 10–13, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on HBO’s hit series

How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

‘A Gateway to Self-Discovery’: An Interview with Elegance Bratton

August 2, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, Black cinema, Black film, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality

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