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  • Africa in Europe: Studies in Transnational Practice in the Long Twentieth Century

    This volume explores the lives and activities of people of African descent in Europe between the 1880s and the beginning of the twenty-first century.

  • ‘Brown Babies:’ Post-war Germany’s Mixed-race Children

    ‘Brown Babies:’ Post-war Germany’s Mixed-race Children The Washington Informer Washington, D.C. 2012-02-27 Barrington M. Salmon For much of his adult life, Daniel Cardwell has been immersed in a search for his identity and his past. He told an audience at Bowie State University recently that he remembers a childhood where he was never hugged or…

  • The Origins and Authors of the Code Noir

    The Origins and Authors of the Code Noir Louisiana Law Review Volume 56, Number 2 (Winter 1996) pages 363-407 Vernon Valentine Palmer, Thomas Pickles Professor of Law Tulane University, New Orleans I. Introduction The Code Noir marked France’s historic rendezvous with slavery in the Americas. It was one of the most important codes in the…

  • Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family 1865-1992

    Soul to Soul: A Black Russian American Family 1865-1992 W. W. Norton & Company 1994 318 pages Hardcover ISBN-10: 0393034046; ISBN-13: 978-0393034042 Paperback ISBN: ISBN 978-0-393-31155-6 Yelena Khanga (with Susan Jacoby) As the Soviet Union crumbled in early 1991, a young Russian woman in search of her past found her way to Mississippi, to the…

  • François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution

    François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution The Guardian 2013-02-12 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney Valérie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology University of Montreal Not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of ‘race thinking’ – it just obscures the persistent inequalities…

  • Could Harlem Désir, France’s First Black Socialist Party Chief, Become The Next Obama?

    Could Harlem Désir, France’s First Black Socialist Party Chief, Become The Next Obama? International Business Times 2012-10-26 Jacey Fortin, World Politics Reporter For the first time ever, a black politician will take the reins of a major political party in France. If all goes well for him, 2022 in France could look a lot like…

  • France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir

    France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir The Daily Beast (In Newsweek Magazine) 2012-10-29 Tracy McNicoll, Paris correspondent The faded star of a French anti-racist icon. In a country that went tipsy with Obamania four years ago, Harlem Désir’s election to lead France’s ruling Socialist Party might seem an occasion for bubbly. Désir—whose gifts include…

  • Equivocal Subjects: Between Italy and Africa—Constructions of Racial and National Identity in the Italian Cinema

    A thorough study of the portrayal of race in Italian cinema, from the silent era to the present, illuminating issues in contemporary Italian society.

  • Editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies

    Editor who grew up black in Nazi Germany dies The Miami Herald 2013-01-21 Freida Frisaro, Associated Press MIAMI — Hans Massaquoi, a former managing editor of Ebony magazine who wrote a distinctive memoir about his unusual childhood growing up black in Nazi Germany, has died. He was 87. His son said Massaquoi died Saturday, on…

  • “Family Portrait in Black and White” Arrives on DVD

    “Family Portrait in Black and White” Arrives on DVD Interfilm Productions 2012-11-29 Julia Ivanova, Director Family Portrait in Black and White – Award Winning Documentary on Super-Foster Mom and her 16 Bi-racial Children Arrives on DVD December 4, 2012 On the heels of National Adoption Month comes a documentary that explores the growing pains of…