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How American Racism Shaped Nazism

October 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Rebecca Brenner Graham Immigration, race, racism, religion, violence, white supremacy

American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for

Crowd applauding Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, 1974. Photo: Environmental Protection Agency/National Archives and Records Administration.

Writing a New History of Black Religion: An Author’s Response

September 30, 2017November 5, 2017 Judith Weisenfeld #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black nationalism, Black women, Immigration, religion, research

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming One afternoon while sitting in the Schomburg Center reading

Memory, Experience, and Imagination in Black Religion

September 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #NewWorld, black internationalism, black nationalism, Garveyism, Great Migration, Immigration, Nation of Islam, religion

This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial

Protest of the Trump administration's immigration policies in Washington, DC, January 29, 2017. Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr.

Targeted: Undocumented Black Immigrants Under Trump

June 23, 2017June 26, 2017 Nana Afua Y. Brantuo Donald Trump, Immigration, law, racism

The United States of America, from its emergence as a sovereign nation and the creation and ratification of the Constitution,

Protest against Donald Trump. Photo: Socialist Alternative.

Radicalizing the Resistance in the Age of Trump

March 14, 2017March 17, 2017 Russell Rickford democracy, Donald Trump, Immigration, Politics, Resistance, Trumpism

Who knew an act of civic engagement could produce such exhilaration and ambivalence? A few weeks ago I attended a