Utopia in Dark Times
In this turbulent historical moment, I find myself often reflecting on Octavia Butler’s 1993 novel Parable of the Sower . Butler
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Public History, Autoethnography, and Community: An Interview with Jodi Skipper
In today’s post, Celeste Henery, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Jodi Skipper on her new book, Behind the
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Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology
This historiography theorizes racism as applicable to an explanation of why decision-makers at major white organizations waited until the late
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Shades of Black: Ethnic Diversity in Black American Religious Life
*This post is part of our online forum with the Pew Research Center. Church Avenue is a vibrant commercial artery
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Online Forum with Pew Research on Black Religious Affiliation
Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society, is collaborating with the Pew Research Center to
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