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Charmaine Nelson on Black History in the American North and Canada  : Nelson discussed her research as well as her initiatives in uplifting the Black Canadian community - By Eve Neumann, February 29, 2024, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian The American South is one of the most focused-on regions within the studies of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Over time, the illusion that the American North and Canada have been “safe havens” for slaves to escape from the horrors of the South and tropical regions have been widely spread as fact. Studies on slavery in the American North and Canada are limited and the lack of historical studies in this topic has resulted in research gaps on the racism studied throughout the U.S. and Canada…. Canada has an extensive history of slavery, with the practice lasting over 200 years in the region. According to Nelson, there is no history on the transatlantic Canadian slave trade taught in schools, and there is a lack of common knowledge that it even occurred. “Canada and the U.S. North… [are] two regions that have completely neglected their histories of transatlantic slavery to the point of creating a mythology that says they were only abolitionists,” said Nelson. “The level of hypocrisy in the American North and Canada is the same in terms of the profound erasure of centuries of histories of enslaving,” she added. Read the full article below 👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/e7kDwt-i #blackhistoryy #americannorth #canada #studiesofslavery #studiesoftransatlanticslavetrade #safehavens #canadashistoryofslavery #canadianslavery #neglectinghistories #hypocrisy #historiesofenslaving #thesystemicallyracistsystems #enslavementofblackafricans #erasingblackpeople #visualcultureofslavery #fugitiveslaveads #blackdiaspora #transnational #transatlantic #resistance #extensiveanalysis #research #BlackMapleMagazine #BlackCanadians #academic #slaveryandracism #blackstudents #slaverynorth Slavery North Black Maple Charmaine A. Nelson The Massachusetts Daily Collegian  University of Massachusetts Amherst

Art As A Platform for Social Justice Black History IS American History https://lnkd.in/eXE3cv6u

In order to subscribe to a better future, we CAN NOT cancel the past. Black History IS American History. #blackhistorymonth #blackhistorymonth2024 #celebrateblackhistory #celebrateblackexcellence #blackhistorymatters #cancelculture #historymatters #historylessons #blackhistoryisamericanhistory

Black history goes beyond the English speaking world. Check out the article below to learn about Black history from around the world! 🌎 #BlackHistoryMonth

Today In Black History Issue #432: Lewis Latimer Welcome to this Today in Black History post. Black History IS American History, no matter how hard some people try to erase our history and contributions. #Substack #BlackHistory #AudioPost Every weekday in our Substack publication “We Are Speaking,” we publish an audio post about Black History. #Substack #AudioPost #BlackHistory Click (or copy/paste) the link to read or listen. To financially support our publication and have access to all of the articles, please consider subscribing at the paid level at no more than $5/month. https://lnkd.in/gd6xBhRi

In the context of the 2024 Black History Month exhibition at the EUI, 'Black Realities: Confronting Racism in Europe', History researcher Daphné Budasz reflects on the long history of dehumanisation and systemic oppression of people of African descent across time in Europe. Read more on #EUIdeas 👉 https://loom.ly/9b96wI4

Map #nerdalert! This is just one example of the interactive mapping and data visualization presentations Stone Environmental can create for you, and a great way to highlight #blackhistorymonth in #vermont. Nice work, Paige Gebhardt, GISP!

Charmaine Nelson on Black History in the American North and Canada: Nelson discussed her research as well as her initiatives in uplifting the Black Canadian community -By Eve Neumann, February 29, 2024, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian The American South is one of the most focused-on regions within the studies of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Over time, the illusion that the American North and Canada have been “safe havens” for slaves to escape from the horrors of the South and tropical regions have been widely spread as fact. Studies on slavery in the American North and Canada are limited and the lack of historical studies in this topic has resulted in research gaps on the racism studied throughout the U.S. and Canada…. Canada has an extensive history of slavery, with the practice lasting over 200 years in the region. According to Nelson, there is no history on the transatlantic Canadian slave trade taught in schools, and there is a lack of common knowledge that it even occurred. “Canada and the U.S. North… [are] two regions that have completely neglected their histories of transatlantic slavery to the point of creating a mythology that says they were only abolitionists,” said Nelson. “The level of hypocrisy in the American North and Canada is the same in terms of the profound erasure of centuries of histories of enslaving,” she added. Read the full article below ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ezdVeUad #BlackHistory #americannorth #canada #studiesofslavery #studiesoftransatlanticslavetrade #safehavens #canadashistoryofslavery #canadianslavery #neglectinghistories #hypocrisy #historiesofenslaving #thesystemicallyracistsystems #enslavementofblackafricans #erasingblackpeople #visualcultureofslavery #fugitiveslaveads #blackdiaspora #transnational #transatlantic #resistance #extensiveanalysis #research #blackmaplemagazine #BlackCanadians #academic #slaveryandracism #blackstudents #slaverynorth The Massachusetts Daily Collegian Black Maple Slavery North Charmaine A. Nelson University of Massachusetts Amherst

Laurent-Perrault, E. (2020). Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, the quintessential maroon: toward an African diasporic epistemology. This essay engages Vanessa K. Valdés’s Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. It traces Valdés’s main contributions and notes that her work invites readers to expand their views of Schomburg’s Afro-Caribbean/Latinx/Latin American identity and his complex personality, as well as his relentless but gentle commitment to advancing black liberation. Following Saidiya Hartman’s strategy of “critical fabulation” to highlight previously silenced Afro-Epistemes, the author dwells on Schomburg’s childhood, life commitment, and legacies. Part of the essay’s purpose is to sketch the transnational community of formerly enslaved and free men and women from whom Schomburg inherited what the author calls his Maroon political consciousness. The essay also emphasizes how Valdés invites African diaspora scholars, activists, educators, artists, and so on to reflect on and trouble preconceived ideas about Maroon subjectivity, marron age, and Africa. It concludes by imagining ways Schomburg would engage our present. Issue Section: Book Discussion: Vanessa K. Valdés, Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Maroon, marron age, black dignity, Afro-epistemes, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, Afro-Latin American, black liberation

Discover the compelling work of Dr Siseko Kumalo, Ph.D. a distinguished political theorist whose work delves into Blackness and Indigeneity in South Africa. He explores the vision of former President Thabo Mbeki in his article "The Black Archive: Building National Unity."   Dive into: •Former President Thabo Mbeki's inspiring vision of inclusive identity. •The rich intellectual traditions of Black/Indigenous scholars. •How the Black Archive project is addressing historical erasure and promoting unity. •Strategies for reconciling past traumas with a united future. A must-read for anyone passionate about national unity and historical reconciliation! full article: https://lnkd.in/d3tHxnt6