Black Perspectives

📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross’s latest book concludes with her response. Follow the link below to read more. “Vengeance feminism, at its core, is a counterpunch—a way for Black women to lash back and take revenge to escape total victimization.” aaihs.org/authors-respon…

✨📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross's latest book continues with an essay by Jenn M. Jackson on "Fury and Disrepute: Black Women’s Feminism in Lawless Times." Follow the link below. @SealPress #VengeanceFeminism aaihs.org/fury-and-disre…

"Vengeance feminism—the theory—stems from Gross’s longtime study and reconsideration of Black women entangled in Philadelphia’s late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century legal system. She connects Black women’s anger to the perennial lawlessness that shaped their everyday life." -- Cheryl D. Hicks aaihs.org/black-women-fi… | @BlkPerspectives

✨📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross' book continues today with an essay on "Black Women’s Criminalization, Sexual Exploitation, and Dehumanization" by Tracey Johnson. Please see the link below. @PennPress @BlkPerspectives #VengeanceFeminism aaihs.org/black-womens-c…

✨📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross' new book continues today with an essay by Sophia Evangeline Gumbs on "Honor, Fury, and Reproductive Retribution in Philadelphia." Follow the link below. @PennPress @BlkPerspectives aaihs.org/honor-fury-and…

✨📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross’ new book continues with Cheryl Hicks’ essay, “Black Women Fighting Back: Philadelphia Style.” Follow the link below. @BlkPerspectives #vengeancefeminism aaihs.org/black-women-fi…

📚Our roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross' new book begins today! Follow the link below to read Antoinette Burton's essay, "Weapons of the Furious: Vengeance Feminism as 'Loving Correction.'" @SealPress @BlkPerspectives @PennPress #VengeanceFeminism aaihs.org/weapons-of-the…

✨This special issue of Global Black Thought invites submissions that explore the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. with a particular focus on his many influences on Black intellectual thought in the United States and globally. @PennPress aaihs.org/cfp-reverend-j…

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an essay by Lacey Hunter & Hettie V. Williams on Mamie Phipps Clark and the Brown v. Board Decision. It highlights Mamie's historical contributions as a thinker and scholar in her own right. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

CFP: Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. and the Black Intellectual Tradition aaihs.org/cfp-reverend-j…

✨Black Perspectives is hosting an online roundtable on Kali Nicole Gross’s award-winning book 'Vengeance Feminism: The Power of Black Women’s Fury in Lawless Times.' @SealPress @BlkPerspectives 👉🏾Save the dates: May 4-12, 2026 aaihs.org/online-roundta…

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an essay by Tejai Beulah Howard entitled "Pauli Murray's Prophetic Imagination: Brown v. Board, and the Struggle for Equal Rights in the United States." Follow the link below to learn more. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

✨The latest issue of #GlobalBlackThought features an essay by historian Rachel Devlin on Malaika Favorite, one of a vastly disproportionate number of Black girls and young women who desegregated historically white schools in the US. @AAIHS @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

Hello all--I am pleased to announce a CFP for a special issue of #GlobalBlackThought! Please see details here, and reach out to me if you have any questions: @AAIHS @BlkPerspectives aaihs.org/cfp-reverend-j…

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an original essay entitled "'Rebel with a Cause': Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era" by Amato Nocera and Alexander Hyres. Follow the link below to learn more. @PennPress @AAIHS muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

We are pleased to announce that Jarvis McInnis's AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION is Winner of the 2026 Pauli Murray Book Prize, African American Intellectual History Society. buff.ly/YOyHump @profmcinnis @unm_saap @aaihs

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought, features an interview w/ Derrick P. Alridge, one of the nation's foremost scholars on Black education. He emphasized the significant role Black women and girls played in shaping the Brown decision. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

✨This week we're featuring articles in the latest issue of Global Black Thought (Volume 2, Issue 1), a special issue on Black Women & the Brown Decision (edited by Dr. Hettie V. Williams). Follow the link below to learn more. @PennPress @BlkPerspectives   muse.jhu.edu/issue/56462

✨We are pleased to announce the second winner of the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship! Congratulations to Tomi Onabanjo, PhD candidate in the Department of History at New York University. @nyuniversity @NYUHistory 👏🏾👏🏾 aaihs.org/2026-aaihs-awa…

So grateful for this recognition of my book by @AAIHS, a leader in the field of Black intellectual history! 🙌🏾🥳