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For enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back

The Conversation - December 25, 2024

Adolphe Duperly’s painting depicting the destruction of the Roehampton Estate in Jamaica during the Baptist War in January 1832. Wikimedia Commons by Ana Lucia Araujo,...

J. Pharoah Doss: No great surprise Harris lost

J. Pharoah Doss - November 18, 2024

Two days before the 2024 presidential election, an ABC/Ipsos survey found Democratic nominee and current Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Republican challenger and...

J. Pharoah Doss: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ poor American parallels

Courier Newsroom - November 12, 2024

The Message, a new book by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates, includes a contentious essay about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Coates concluded that the dispute isn’t...

J. Pharoah Doss: Westboro picketers, vigil for Gaza, and a license to kill

J. Pharoah Doss - October 22, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/The Conversation During the aughts, the Westboro Baptist Church gained national attention for picketing funeral services for American...

J. Pharoah Doss: A battle lost in the global civil rights struggle of the 21st century

J. Pharoah Doss - October 8, 2024

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, center, stands with four of the five young women she invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo,...

Who were the first Africans at the Olympics? The disturbing story of two 1904 marathon runners

The Conversation - July 25, 2024

1904 Olympic marathon participants Len Tau (left) and Jan Mashiani of South Africa. Missouri History Museum by Francois Cleophas, Stellenbosch University Who were the first Africans...

Meet Paris’ Black dandies, the Sapeurs

The Conversation - June 9, 2024

Jocelyn Armel, aka the Bachelor, is one of the most talked-about ‘Sapeurs’ in the media. He’s known for his outings, interviews and above all...

Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent

The Conversation - June 4, 2024

Stevie Wonder. Getty Images by Nemata Blyden, University of Virginia There’s a long history of African Americans settling in Ghana or keeping in close contact with the...

A lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop

The Conversation - June 2, 2024

Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators raise their fists during a rally in New York on April 27, 1968. Bev Grant/Getty Images by Rodney Coates, Miami University During the...

From America to Africa: Hip-Hop in the Motherland 50 years later

December 30, 2023

BRAIN, AN ARTIST WITH STONE TOWN RECORDS; ZENJI BOI, OWNER OF STONE TOWN RECORDS; A STONE TOWN RECORDS CUSTOMER. (PHOTO BY LAMONT JONES JR.) by...

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