Corinne Jean-Joseph, Maryse Duhamel (Mouvement international pour la Réparation), Guilhaume de Reynal, Eric Dédé (Tous Creole), Moise Odino (author, Corps Noirs, Tetes Républicaines), and Alexane Ozier-Lafontaine (Mouvement international pour la Réparation) discuss the history of slavery in Martinique and Caribbean and the movement for reparations in this episode. Watch: https://youtu.be/2KAbHK8XSoU H/T @JoeFWI on Twitter
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VIDEO: Davis and the Open Space
Professor Thadious Davis discusses her research project "Imagination and the Space of Freedom" as well as her time as a Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study in 2014-2015.
VIDEO: Rusert on Fugitive Science, Black Freedom and Early African American Culture
Britt Rusert on Left of Black: "Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the by scholar and author Britt Rusert, author of Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture (NYU Press), which Which Alondra Nelson has called “Groundbreaking Interdisciplinary Scholarship.” Rusert is Associate Professor of African American Studies in … Continue reading VIDEO: Rusert on Fugitive Science, Black Freedom and Early African American Culture
VIDEO: Valdés on Schomburg and Diasporic Blackness | Left of Black
Vanessa Valdés joins Mark Anthony Neal on Left of Black for S8:E18: Diasporic Blackness -- The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg: "Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal is joined in the Left of Black studio by scholar and author Vanessa K. Valdes (@Valdes23), Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the The … Continue reading VIDEO: Valdés on Schomburg and Diasporic Blackness | Left of Black
VIDEO: Charity Folks (Making History Trailer)
Making History launches with a profile on Charity Folks: "Making History is a groundbreaking platform dedicated to the discovery and remembrance of women’s stories globally. This project is being launched as an eight-part digital series beginning with a profile on Charity Folks--a woman born into slavery, whose unprecedented accumulation of real estate led to financial … Continue reading VIDEO: Charity Folks (Making History Trailer)
NEWS/VIDEO: Williams and Berry Launch Making History
New video project, led by Adriane Hopper Williams and Daina Ramey Berry, brings Black women's history to life: "Making History is a documentary film project that uncovers the untold stories of African American women starting from their painful beginnings in slavery. While it is challenging for historians to uncover these early stories, the voices of … Continue reading NEWS/VIDEO: Williams and Berry Launch Making History
VIDEO/FILM: Landscape and Power: Freedom and Slavery in the Great Dismal Swamp
Dan Sayers, Carolyn Finney, and more describe maroonage in the Dismal Swamp in this documentary: "This film, Landscape of Power: Freedom and Slavery in the Great Dismal Swamp summarizes the three-year archeological field study of the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia and North Carolina, conducted by Prof. Daniel Sayers and his team through a … Continue reading VIDEO/FILM: Landscape and Power: Freedom and Slavery in the Great Dismal Swamp
VIDEO: Diouf on Slavery’s Exiles | New York Dub
Animation for Sylviane Diouf's Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons: "Over more than two centuries men, women, and children escaped from slavery to make the Southern wilderness their home. They hid in the mountains of Virginia and the low swamps of South Carolina; they stayed in the neighborhood or paddled their way to … Continue reading VIDEO: Diouf on Slavery’s Exiles | New York Dub
VIDEO: Shepherd on History and Resistance at the National Library of Jamaica
Verene Shepherd on history and resistance, particularly resistance of Caribbean women (Nanny of the Maroons, Mary Seacole, and others). Video below: "On July 11, 2013, the National Library of Jamaica hosted an Open Day inviting members of the public to tour the library. Before the tours began, Prof. Verene Shephard gave a brief presentation on … Continue reading VIDEO: Shepherd on History and Resistance at the National Library of Jamaica
VIDEO: Public Historian Tiya Miles on Doing History
Tiya Miles (MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Cohort, '11) discusses history and slavery in this video from the Macarthur Foundation:
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