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  • Facing up to the Failure of “Racial Democracy” in Brazil

    Facing up to the Failure of “Racial Democracy” in Brazil Planète Afrique: Articles on Africa and the African Diaspora Written by Hishaam Aidi for Various Magazines First published: 2001-11-28 Hishaam Aidi, Lecturer in Discipline of International and Public Affairs Columbia University What do the Brazilians who call themselves “prieto,” “pardo” and “mestico” have in common?…

  • The Law Could Make You Rich

    The Law Could Make You Rich Common-Place A Common Place, An Uncommon Voice Extra Issue: Volume 13, Number 3.5 (June 2013) Jared Hardesty Department of History Boston College Jared Hardesty is a PhD candidate in history at Boston College and is currently writing a dissertation on slavery, freedom, and unfreedom in eighteenth-century Boston Julie Winch,…

  • In Buenos Aires, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots

    In Buenos Aires, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots The Washington Post 2005-05-05 Monte Reel BUENOS AIRES — Their disappearance is one of Argentina’s most enduring mysteries. In 1810, black residents accounted for about 30 percent of the population of Buenos Aires. By 1887, however, their numbers had plummeted to 1.8 percent. So where did they…

  • Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience

    Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience International Business Times New York, New York 2013-06-04 Palash Ghosh, Senior Writer, World Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations and farms of the New World. This…

  • Hay winner’s search for identity

    Hay winner’s search for identity BBC News 2003-05-27 A first-time writer who travelled halfway round the world to trace her roots has won the Welsh Book of the Year award at the Hay Festival. Charlotte Williams’ tale of her search for her identity, entitled Sugar and Slate, took her to three different continents. Ms Williams,…

  • How the ‘Loving’ Case Changed the US

    How the ‘Loving’ Case Changed the US The Root 2013-06-12 Kelli Goff, Special Correspondent The legacy of the interracial-marriage case looms large on the 46th anniversary of the landmark decision. Forty-six years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law prohibiting Mildred Jeter Loving, who was black, and Richard Loving,…

  • The Truth About Loving v. Virginia and Why it Matters

    The Truth About Loving v. Virginia and Why it Matters MixedRaceStudies.org 2013-06-12 Steven F. Riley On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark civil-rights case Loving v. Virginia that Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law (known as the Racial Integrity Act of 1924) was unconstitutional. It did not as some suggest, legalize interracial marriage in the…

  • Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview]

    Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview] KING-TV 5, Seattle Washington 2013-06-11 Margaret Larsen, Host New Day Northwest June 12 marks the 46th Anniversary of a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court which overturned a ban on interracial marriage that had been place on many states. But even before the…

  • Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous?

    Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous? Room For Debate The New York Times 2013-06-13 Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law Syracuse University Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Los Angeles Heidi W. Durrow, Author and Co-Founder Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Diane Farr, Actress and Writer Rose Cuison Villazor, Professor of…

  • Interview with Louisa Adjoa Parker

    Interview with Louisa Adjoa Parker The writer is a lonely hunter 2012-01-10 Gail Aldwin Louisa is a writer, poet and Arts Project Co-ordinator who has lived in the West Country since she was 13. Her first poetry collection, Salt-sweat and Tears was published by Cinnamon Press to critical acclaim in 2007. She has also written a book and…