Theorizing Race in the Americas: An Interview with Juliet Hooker
In today’s post, Francisco Herrera, an MA student in Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, interviews
View ArticleA Civil Rights Protest Is Happening Right Now in Colombia
As of May 10, thousands in the majority-Black department of Chocó in the northwestern corridor of the Colombian Pacific are
View ArticleGerald Horne’s Insurgent African Diaspora
This post is part of our online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History In 2011, Gerald Horne, reflecting on
View ArticleFears of Black Political Activism in Cuba and Beyond, 1912–2017
Images of police officers violently targeting black protestors in Buenaventura, Colombia, restraining Black Lives Matter activists in Charlotte, NC, or
View ArticleCandomblé, Afro-Brazilian Women, and African Religiosity in Brazil
While prejudicial, racial, and discriminatory ideologies of religious exceptionalism in regards to African spirituality persist even today (as many still
View ArticleOnline Roundtable: Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba
November 6-11, 2017 Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online roundtable on Devyn Spence
View ArticleIntersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell
In today’s post, Erica L. Williams, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, interviews Kia Lilly Caldwell about her new
View ArticleNatural Disasters, Tropical Paradises, and the Caribbean’s Great Camouflage
After hunkering down through this year’s particularly devastating hurricane season, many Caribbean islands are turning their efforts to recovery and
View ArticleLike Praying: Puerto Rico on a Map
“Although the plantation tradition has been relegated to the dustbin of history by some social theorists, it continues to survive
View ArticleContesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary
View ArticleCentering the Voices of Black Activists in Post-Revolutionary Cuba
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. There are few in the United States who
View ArticleThe Cuban Revolution and the Myth of Racial Inclusivity
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished
View ArticleBlack Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle
View ArticleContesting the Myth of (Revolutionary) Racial Harmony
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Just three months after revolutionary
View ArticleCentering the Voices of Black Activists in Post-Revolutionary Cuba
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. There are few in the United States who
View ArticleThe Cuban Revolution and the Myth of Racial Inclusivity
This post is part of our online roundtable on Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba. Devyn Spence Benson’s Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished
View ArticleBlack Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle
View ArticleReaping the Revolution: Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba
During my recent visit to Cuba, I took a coco, one of Havana’s zipping yellow motorcycle taxis, from my accommodations
View ArticleThe Anti-Black City: A New Book on Black Urban Life in Brazil
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
View ArticleBenedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor
Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil
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