Published in 1938, “Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution” became C.L.R. James’ magnum opus, though fans of…
Recently, I watched the opening episode of the new HBO series “Watchmen.” Like millions of other viewers, I was pleasantly…
In Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America, the late popular historian Lerone Bennett refers to the African captives…
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