Tag: Devyn Spence Benson

  • What is Afro-Latin America? African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) 2016-09-04 Devyn Spence Benson, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Latin American Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina From Mexico to Brazil and beyond, Africans and people of African descent have fought in wars of independence, forged mixed race national identities, and contributed politically and culturally…

  • Race And Radicalism In Puerto Rico: An Interview With Carlos Alamo-Pastrana African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) 2016-08-02 Devyn Spence Benson, Assistant Professor of History and African and African American Studies Louisiana State University This month I interviewed Dr. Carlos Alamo-Pastrana about his new book, Seams of Empire: Race and Radicalism in Puerto Rico and…

  • Author and Professor Devyn Benson Speaks on Her Book “Antiracism in Cuba” Block Report Radio 2016-07-14 “Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution” by author and professor Devyn Benson is an impressive study on the history of racism and Black organizing in Cuba prior to the 1959 revolution and right after it. This book is very…

  • What Obama’s Trip To Havana Revealed About Race In Cuba And The U.S. African American Intellectual History Society 2016-05-04 Devyn Spence Benson, Assistant Professor of History and African and African American Studies Louisiana State University During his groundbreaking visit to Havana last month, President Barack Obama suggested that the embrace of U.S.-style democracy and capitalism…

  • Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution University of North Carolina Press April 2016 332 pages 6.125 x 9.25 24 halftones, notes, bibl., index Paper ISBN: 978-1-4696-2672-7 Devyn Spence Benson, Assistant Professor of History and African and African American Studies Louisiana State University Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in Cuba and south Florida during…

  • Antiracism and the Cuban Revolution: An Interview with Devyn Spence Benson African American Intellectual History Society 2016-03-08 Reena Goldthree, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Devyn Spence Benson This month, I interviewed historian Devyn Spence Benson about her forthcoming book, Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of…