Podcast appearances and mentions of Keisha N Blain

On this episode, Leah, @Dishingonbooks on Instagram, and I discuss our shared love of intense reads, how to find more books that open up the world, and her love for the Women's Prize. We also give a lot of recommendations for books that are not for everyone but hit both of us in just the right spot.    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy's reading:  I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones Orbital by Samantha Harvey Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliot Trust by Hernan Diaz    Books Highlighted by Leah: The Street by Ann Petry  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, trans. Sarah Moses  The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagahara  Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie  Piranesi by Susanna Clarke  The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.  The Color Purple by Alice Walker  The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller  A Little Life by Hanya Yanagahara  The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky  Men we Reaped by Jesmyn Ward  Girls Burn Brighter by Shoba Rao  The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson    All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: The Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin  Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews   Little Girl Lost by Drew Berrymore  Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach  Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi  Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi  You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi  Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell  Bright I Burn by Molly Aitken  Entitlement by Rumaan Alam  Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam  White Tears by Hari Kunzru  Earthlings by Sayaka Murata  Yr Dead by Sam Sax Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen  The 1618 Project: A New Origin Story by Caitlin Roper, Irena Silverman, et al Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Keisha N. Blain & Ibram X. Kendi  The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Iasbel Wilkerson

Guest: Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad  interests in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and  Women's and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of  Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society.  She is the author of the book Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America. On Twitter (@keishablain), and on Instagram (@keishanblain). The post Fannie Lou Hamer: A Life appeared first on KPFA.

On this week's Access Hour, we bring you the first pilot of a new program here on Forward Radio, Sacrifice Zones, hosted by Stretch. We all live in a Sacrifice Zone, separated only by how well insulated we are in settler colonial projects. This week's guest is Dr. Lina Yassine, a Palestinian who was born as a refugee in Jordan. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Jordan Medical school in Amman. She later on completed an internal Medicine residency and an Endocrinology fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. She is currently practicing Endocrinology in Louisville, Kentucky. Sometimes referred to as the sugar doctor. Here are some references from the program: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonialism by Rashid Khalidi: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/strangers-in-our-own-land_rashid-khalidi/19782328/?resultid=a4621c7d-bd82-42d8-a2e0-91c26a29fb55#isbn=1250787653 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/doppelganger-a-trip-into-the-mirror-world_naomi-klein/39504653/?resultid=0686f460-921d-4a72-9088-3592b2061fb3#isbn=0374610320 Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence by Chad L. Williams and Keisha N. Blain: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/charleston-syllabus-readings-on-race-racism-and-racial-violence_chad-williams/11448362/?resultid=58829ffd-a05a-4092-9684-245b0d64a94c#isbn=0820349577 After One Hundred Winters: In Search of Reconciliation on America's ... by Margaret D Jacobs and Margaret D. Jacobs: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/after-one-hundred-winters-in-search-of-reconciliation-on-americas-stolen-lands_margaret-d-jacobs/28382213/?resultid=b54b8683-1778-49bd-b189-76c766bafcb5#isbn=0691224331 The children's book Lina referenced that her son read: https://jewellparkerrhodes.com/children/books/ghost-boys/ https://theconversation.com/bias-hiding-in-plain-sight-decades-of-analyses-suggest-us-media-skews-anti-palestinian-216967 “The Gaza Strip will be unlivable by 2020” 2015: https://www.btselem.org/ https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/global/b%E2%80%99tselem-%E2%80%93-israeli-information-center-human-rights-occupied-territories Nelson Mandela, we are not free until Palestine is free: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nelson-mandela-30-years-palestine https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/14/infographic-palestines-olive-industry The music in this program is: Dana Salah – Ya Tal3een (Tarweed)

In honor of back-to-school days, Laurie Dreyer, branch manager of Troy Public Library's Lansingburgh branch, selected four non-fiction books and two novels for adult learners to explore different aspects of life. "The Library Book" (Susan Orlean, 2018) covers the 1986 fire that completely destroyed the Los Angeles library as well as the history of libraries. "The Great Money Reset: Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life" (Jill Schlesinger, 2023) provides financial advice aimed at the post-pandemic shift in many people's priorities. "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale" (Adam Minter, 2019) looks at the global market for used objects and our tendency to "bond" with inanimate objects. "Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019" (Ibrim X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain, eds., 2021) gathers essays, poetry, and more from 90 African-American writers. Two novels explore women in 19th century America: "The Cherry Robbers" (Sarai Walker, 2022) and "Once and Future Witches" (Ailx E. Harrow, 2020). For details on these and other books, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, we will be highlighting an episode from our archives each day this week with someone fighting for racial justice. To start, we're joined by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman. Anna is a is a researcher, writer, science communicator and activist. She is the co-founder of The Sadie Collective, the only nonprofit organization addressing the lack of Black women in economics and related fields, and the editor of The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, a new book of essays on policy solutions to social problems written by black activists. Editorial Reviews Review "An expansive set of essays highlighting the range and force of Black leadership....An inclusive, edifying, often fiery assembly of voices articulating the way forward for Black America―and America in general." ―Kirkus Reviews "Invigorating...policymakers will want to take note." ―Publishers Weekly "The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice." ―Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped From the Beginning "This book is the first step towards defining Black expertise, assigning value to the work that we do, and taking up space in the public on our own terms. I, for one, am looking forward to being able to knock people on the head with the collection. I'm looking forward to the spaces in need of critical self-reflection that make this book a normal part of routine business and the discourse. And most of all, I am looking forward to everybody with any resource, no matter how small, reading this book too." ―Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick: And other Essays "The Black Agenda is urgent. It's urgent that white people recognize that centering, listening to, and being led by the voices in this book are the start to investing in societal solutions. I wish that moral arguments of equity were enough but know they're not. These chapters are a strong mix of diagnosis and prescription, with an appropriate layer of moral calling to help us learn, reflect, and be motivated toward specific action." ―Chelsea Clinton, New York Times bestselling author of She Persisted "This book is overdue and imperative. We can't get clear national momentum without a core focus on the Black agenda. I am thrilled for the conversation and action this will inspire." ―Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore "The Black Agenda brings together a group of brilliant thinkers offering bold solutions to combat many of the social problems facing Black people in the United States. This powerful collection is a must-read for anyone interested in turning anti-racist ideas into action." ―Keisha N. Blain, Co-Editor of #1 New York Times bestseller Four Hundred Souls --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

We're celebrating Juneteenth today with some of our favorite interviews about the holiday and our history: Clint Smith, staff writer at The Atlantic, award-winning poet, and author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown and Company, 2021), leads listeners through a tour of U.S. monuments and landmarks that explain how slavery has been central in shaping our history, including a visit to Galveston, TX, where Juneteenth originated. Elizabeth Alexander, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, poet, educator, memoirist and scholar, looks back through American history -- both recent and not -- and asks the fundamental question "what does it mean to be Black and free in a country that undermines Black freedom?" as she wrote in an essay for National Geographic. Harvard professor and Texas native Annette Gordon-Reed discusses her book On Juneteenth (Liveright, 2021), the 2021 creation of the new federal holiday based on the events in Texas and why it's important to study our nation's history. Keisha N. Blain, University of Pittsburgh historian and president of the African American Intellectual History Society, author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) and Ibram X. Kendi, professor in the Humanities and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, co-editors of Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (One World, 2021), talk about this moment in Black history and their new collection of 80 writers' and 10 poets' take on the American story. These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity; the original web versions are available here: Touring America's Monuments to Slavery (Jun 18, 2021) Envisioning Black Freedom (Jun 18, 2021) Juneteenth, the Newest Federal Holiday (Jun 30, 2021) A 'Community History' of Black America (Feb 3, 2021)  

"Nobody's free until everybody's free" was the still-relevant motto of Mississippi farm laborer Fannie Lou Hamer, who was fired from her job (and worse) simply for trying to vote. Undeterred, Hamer not only helped organize others in her area to vote, she formed the Mississippi Democratic Freedom Party and clamored for representation at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Learn more from the documentary Fannie Lou Hamer's America, her 1967 autobiography To Praise Our Bridges and God's Long Summer by Charles Marsh, The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like it Is, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain and Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer by Kate Clifford Larson.More sources:https://www.fannielouhamersamerica.comhttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamerHow The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Started (by Unstripped Voice)Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up (Mississippi Public Broadcasting)https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-hamer/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fannie-lou-hamers-dauntless-fight-for-black-americans-right-vote-180975610/https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/hamer-fannie-louhttps://goodblacknews.org/2021/02/28/bhm-good-black-news-celebrates-fannie-lou-hamer-sharecropper-senate-candidate-voting-and-civil-rights-activist/

“We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone. But you are not free whether you are White or Black until I am free.” Keisha N. Blain, Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, MSNBC contributor brings us her new book, “UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America.” With Ibram X. Kendi (whose books on Anti-Racism have changed the way we speak of the American experience), Dr. Blain is co-editor of the New York Times #1 bestseller, “Four Hundred Souls.”

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Mindy and Kaytee are discussing: Bookish Moments: live tweets from a friend and a spicy conversation behind the scenes Current Reads: some romance, some disagreement, and some under-the-radar gems Deep Dive: Mindy and Kaytee bring all the curmudgeons and disagree about them! Book Presses: a great series, and a short but powerful novel As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . :30 - Currently Reading Patreon 1:29 - Bookish Moment of the Week 1:38 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman 4:05 - Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 4:19 - Current Reads 4:52 - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (Mindy) 7:48 - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon  8:32 - The Princess Bride by William Goldman 9:08 - The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang (Kaytee) 9:12 - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 9:54 - Libro.fm 13:13 - What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris (Mindy) 14:45 - Matrix by Lauren Goff 15:43 - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 15:44 - Honor by Thirty Umrigar 16:39 - Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams 19:26 - Fabled Bookshop 20:18 - The Hidden by Melanie Golding (Kaytee) 23:42 - Julie's Instagram @jns.reads 23:54 - Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely (Mindy) 27:11 - Fifty-FIfty by Steve Cavanaugh 27:13 - Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh 29:03 - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah Jones (Kaytee) 29:18 - Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain 30:37 - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 30:40 - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander 30:42 - Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams 33:51 - Deep Dive: Our Favorite Curmudgeons 39:34 - Then Tweets My Soul: The Best of the Church Curmudgeon by David Reigier  41:23 - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 42:20 - All The Lonely People by Mike Gayle 42:35 - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson 42:58 - The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: Eighty-Three and a Quarter Years Old by Hendrik Groen 43:08 - How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior 43:26 - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 43:29 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 44:29 - The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons 44:52 - The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey 45:16 - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney 46:25 - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 46:53 - The Guncle by Steven Rowley 48:17 - Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen 48:56 - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 49:37 - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 49:39 - The Lost for Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (amazon link) 51:44 - The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg 51:47 - The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick 52:39 - Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce 53:04  - Books We'd Like to Press Into Your Hands 53:28 - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor (Mindy) 54:06 - Season 3: Episode 7 54:47 - Circe by Madeline Miller 54:48 - A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes 55:21 - All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) 55:56 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Kaytee) 54:36 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

This week, we're joined by Anna Gifty Opoku-Ayeman. Anna is a is a researcher, writer, science communicator and activist. She is the co-founder of The Sadie Collective, the only nonprofit organization addressing the lack of Black women in economics and related fields, and the editor of The Black Agenda: Bold Solutions for a Broken System, a new book of essays on policy solutions to social problems written by black activists. Editorial Reviews Review "An expansive set of essays highlighting the range and force of Black leadership....An inclusive, edifying, often fiery assembly of voices articulating the way forward for Black America―and America in general." ―Kirkus Reviews "Invigorating...policymakers will want to take note." ―Publishers Weekly "The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice." ―Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped From the Beginning "This book is the first step towards defining Black expertise, assigning value to the work that we do, and taking up space in the public on our own terms. I, for one, am looking forward to being able to knock people on the head with the collection. I'm looking forward to the spaces in need of critical self-reflection that make this book a normal part of routine business and the discourse. And most of all, I am looking forward to everybody with any resource, no matter how small, reading this book too." ―Tressie McMillan Cottom, author of Thick: And other Essays "The Black Agenda is urgent. It's urgent that white people recognize that centering, listening to, and being led by the voices in this book are the start to investing in societal solutions. I wish that moral arguments of equity were enough but know they're not. These chapters are a strong mix of diagnosis and prescription, with an appropriate layer of moral calling to help us learn, reflect, and be motivated toward specific action." ―Chelsea Clinton, New York Times bestselling author of She Persisted "This book is overdue and imperative. We can't get clear national momentum without a core focus on the Black agenda. I am thrilled for the conversation and action this will inspire." ―Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore "The Black Agenda brings together a group of brilliant thinkers offering bold solutions to combat many of the social problems facing Black people in the United States. This powerful collection is a must-read for anyone interested in turning anti-racist ideas into action." ―Keisha N. Blain, Co-Editor of #1 New York Times bestseller Four Hundred Souls "The Black Agenda elevates the much-needed insight of Black scholars on the front lines of the most pressing discourses of today. It serves as a jump-start for how we should all be thinking about the future of our world while healing the problems of our past." ―Raquel Willis, writer and activist "The Black Agenda is a deeply smart and important book. It offers excellent ideas of how to fix our deeply broken system. This is a must read." ―Molly Jong-Fast "The Black Agenda is bold and unflinching, tackling urgent issues coupled with policy-oriented solutions. I look forward to the work that this volume will catalyze in the world.” ―Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Harvard Associate Professor and Founder, The Vision and Justice Project --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alyssa-milano-sorry-not-sorry/message

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the youngest of 20 children in a family of Mississippi sharecroppers. Black, poor, disabled by polio, and forced to leave school early to support her family, she lived what seems like a lifetime of oppression by the time she reached young adulthood. As she continued to work and live in the south during the 1950s and 1960s, she became interested in — and later heavily involved in — the Civil Rights Movement. Despite the insurmountable challenges she faced (she experienced racist attacks, was sterilized without her consent in 1961, and was beaten by police in 1963), Hamer was committed to making a difference in the lives of others by advocating for Black voter rights and social justice. In her new book, Until I Am Free, award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Keisha N. Blain shared how Hamer's ideas still serve as a beacon for a new generation of activists. Blain suggested that there's much to glean from Hamer as we continue to wrestle with social justice and dismantle systems of oppression. Blain positioned Hamer alongside other key political thinkers like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and challenges us to listen to a Black, disabled, woman activist as we confront our past, present, and future. Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th-century United States with broad interests and in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women's and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She is also a columnist for MSNBC and is currently a 2020-2021 fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. Blain's published works include: the multi-prize-winning book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom; To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism, for which she co-edited; New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition; and Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence. Her latest books are the #1 New York Times Best Seller Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited with Ibram X. Kendi; and Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America. Follow her on Twitter @KeishaBlain and on Instagram @KeishaNBlain. LaNesha DeBardelaben is Executive Director of the Northwest African American Museum and serves as National President of the Board of Directors of the Association of African American Museums. Prior, she was Senior Vice President of Education & Exhibitions at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. Her 15+ year career in museums began at the National Museum of Kenya in Africa in 2001, and she has studied museums and libraries internationally in Ghana, South Africa, England, Germany, and Israel. As a historian and museum director, LaNesha has contributed scholarly writings to national publications and has received numerous awards for her community and professional service, including the 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Committee's Edwin T. Pratt Community Service Award, 2020 Female Founders Alliance Unsung Heroes Award, 2019 WNBA Inspiring Women Award, and many more. Buy the Book: Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America (Hardcover) from Elliott Bay Books  Presented by the Northwest African American Museum and Town Hall Seattle.

In this episode, Dr. Keisha Blain joins Sharon to talk about voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. In her new book, Until I Am Free, Dr. Blain chronicles the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a change-maker who has been set on the back shelf of history. Fannie Lou gave a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1964 at a time when Black voter suppression and violence against Black Americans was practiced across the country, especially in the South. Learn about how the Civil Rights Movement isn't an event we can leave to history, but a significant era that's still impacting Black American voters today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode originally aired on March 31st, 2021 This moment in American history can feel unprecedented. But white supremacist violence and debates over whose rights really matter are hardly new. This hour on Disrupted, we re-air conversations with two authors who provide crucial historical and theoretical context to this moment. Keisha N. Blain co-edited Four Hundred Souls, A Community History of African America. Jamal Greene is the author of How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart, a book untangling the complex history and politics of rights in America. GUESTS: Keisha N. Blain – Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and co-editor of Four Hundred Souls, A Community History of African America. Her new book is called Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America Jamal Greene – Dwight Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and Author of How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession With Rights Is Tearing America Apart This episode of Disrupted was originally produced by Catie Talarski and Anna Elizabeth. The rest of our team includes James Szkobel-Wolff and Zshekinah Collier. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In her book Until I Am Free, Keisha N. Blain situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists committed to dismantling systems of oppression in the United States and across the globe.Despite her limited material resources and the myriad challenges she endured as a Black woman living in poverty in Mississippi, Hamer committed herself to making a difference in the lives of others and improving American democracy for everyone. She refused to be sidelined in the movement and refused to be intimidated by those of higher social status and with better jobs and education. As she saw it, no one was free until everyone was free.Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests and specializations in African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies. She is an associate professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She is currently a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. She is also a columnist for MSNBC, covering race, gender, and politics in historical and contemporary perspectives.Additional InformationUntil I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to AmericaHamer's 1964 Democratic National Convention speechBlain's websiteBlain on TwitterRelated EpisodesThe ongoing struggle for civil rightsCivil rights, civil unrest

With the rigor of a world-class researcher and the intention of someone who cares deeply about the human condition and understanding how we all got to this moment in history, Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with specializations in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women's and Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. She is also the author of the multi-prize-winning book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom, and co-editor of the Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence. Her #1 New York Times Best Seller Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited with Ibram X. Kendi, drew together an incredible collection of voices with a vision to reclaim the historical narrative. And her new book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America, is a powerful look not just at the role of civil and voting rights activist, Hamer and other Black women in social and political change, it's also an invitation for us all to explore our individual roles in the path to equality and freedom, led by Hamer's famed rallying cry, “Nobody's free until everybody's free.”You can find Keisha at: Website | InstagramIf you LOVED this episode:You'll also love the conversations we had with Austin Channing Brown.My new book Sparked.Check out our offerings & partners: GoodRx: Compare prescription drug prices and find coupons at more than 70000 US pharmacies. Save up to 80% instantly! For simple, smart savings on your prescriptions, check GoodRx at GoodRx.com/GOODLIFE. GoodRx is not insurance but can be used instead of insuranceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're talking with award-winning historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain about her latest book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America. Listen to hear Dr. Blain talk about why she felt compelled to tell the story of Fannie Lou Hamer, and what most people don't realize about the significance of the complicated activist's legacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dubbed the social justice manifesto, Until I Am Free, by author Keisha N. Blain, is a unique opportunity to hear about life from the perspective of a working, impoverished and disabled Black woman. Blain, an award-winning historian, details the life and accomplishments of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist too often forgotten in the narrative of racial justice. Defying the layers of marginalization that threatened to hush her powerful words, Hamer is held by Blain in the same esteem as her contemporaries Rosa Parks and MLK. Through Blain, Hamer's message is given new life in an age where the same issues remain pertinent. At INFORUM Blain will peel back the layers of Fannie Lou Hamer—layers that ostensibly would have taken power away from her but instead became the very source from which she drew it. This conversation will be moderated by Aimee Allison, founder and president of She the People. SPEAKERS Keisha N. Blain Ph.D., Historian; Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh; President, African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS); Author, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America Aimee Allison Founder and President, She the People—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on October 26th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dubbed the social justice manifesto, Until I Am Free, by author Keisha N. Blain, is a unique opportunity to hear about life from the perspective of a working, impoverished and disabled Black woman. Blain, an award-winning historian, details the life and accomplishments of Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist too often forgotten in the narrative of racial justice. Defying the layers of marginalization that threatened to hush her powerful words, Hamer is held by Blain in the same esteem as her contemporaries Rosa Parks and MLK. Through Blain, Hamer's message is given new life in an age where the same issues remain pertinent. At INFORUM Blain will peel back the layers of Fannie Lou Hamer—layers that ostensibly would have taken power away from her but instead became the very source from which she drew it. This conversation will be moderated by Aimee Allison, founder and president of She the People. SPEAKERS Keisha N. Blain Ph.D., Historian; Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh; President, African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS); Author, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America Aimee Allison Founder and President, She the People—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on October 26th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain is a 2022 New America National Fellow and an award-winning historian. She is the author of Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom and Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America. Blain has published extensively on race, gender, and politics in both national and global perspectives. She is one of the co-developers of #Charlestonsyllabus, a Twitter movement and crowdsourced list of reading recommendations relating to the history of racial violence in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How deeply do you understand the critical legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer? Dr. Keisha N. Blain is a historian and author of her latest book, “Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America,” and she shows how Hamer's words still speak truth to power in our society and what that actually means. Dr. Blain familiarizes us with Hamer, who didn't know she could vote until she was 44 years old, but eventually found herself on stage at the Democratic National Convention in 1964. But she also faced tensions within the democratic party and experienced a lot of difficult resistance to her radical honesty. But her dedication to her home state of Mississippi and to the movement are still evident today, as her message endures. BUY the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/until-i-am-free-fannie-lou-hamer-s-enduring-message-to-america/9780807061503 Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Shatner's tearful reflections from his brief journey to space and visualization of our fragile planet. Rebecca Vallas - Why the Work Requirement on the Child Tax Credit is a BAD Idea. Dr. Keisha N. Blain - Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As part of their assault on our democracy, we're watching today's Republican Party lie, cheat, steal and gaslight their way into taking away your vote. We've gone over their plan of attack many times by now, so you don't need me to recount it again. What these times call for is a review of what it took to win the right to vote, fought so valiantly by women and Blacks whose names many of us no longer remember. Time to fix that! Today, I'm joined on the show by historian and author Keisha N. Blain, author of the new book 'Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America". Everyone needs to know her story. Hopefully today's show will help toward that end.

In conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson Keisha N. Blain's Set the World on Fire, a history of some of the early 20th century's leading Black nationalist women, won the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize and was named one of Smithsonian Magazine's best history books of 2018. With Ibram X. Kendi, she coauthored the #1 New York Times bestseller Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019. An associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, Blain is an editor for The Washington Post's ''Made by History'' section and is the president of the African American Intellectual History Society. In Until I Am Free, Blain combines biography and social commentary to share the enduring life and legacy of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, and also offers a manifesto for those who wish to continue fighting for racial, voting, and women's rights. Mitchell S. Jackson is the John O. Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Department of English. Recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim fellowship, Jackson won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for his article about the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. His debut novel The Residue Years was recognized with a Whiting Award and the Ernest J. Gaines Prize. His nonfiction book, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, was named a best book of 2019 by NPR, Time and elsewhere. (recorded 10/12/2021)

Adams talks about his campaign for mayor and reacts to incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan's refusal to debate. And historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain talks about her new book “UNTIL I AM FREE, Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America”

In her new book, Keisha N. Blain combines traditional historical biography with modern social commentary to paint a full picture of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer.

Wisdom on wisdom, gem on gem, please enjoy! We discuss Masa Musa, working on homes for Bill Gates, American ignorance and building a universal community for the betterment of all peoples! Featured Book: "Set The World on Fire, Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle For Freedom" by Keisha N. Blain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/freedom2style/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freedom2style/support

U.S. President Joe Biden has now been leading his country for 100 days. We talk to the CBC's Washington correspondent, Paul Hunter, and University of Pittsburgh history professor Keisha N. Blain about Biden's United States, from the COVID-19 pandemic to race relations.

Historian Keisha N. Blain, Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society, recently co-edited the acclaimed book Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 with her colleague Ibram X. Kendi. In this episode, Blain talks about how to commemorate the 400 year anniversary of the pivotal moment in 1619, when the first group of twenty African captives arrived on "The White Lion" in Jamestown, Virginia. In her conversation with hosts Tom Zoellner and Aida Baghernejad, Blain reflects on the history of Black America and issues of racism, voting rights, and social justice today. Blain's articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Atlantic and the Washington Post.

As the twice-impeached former president gets ready to show his face for the first time since slinking out of office in January, and amid developments in a number of investigations into his conduct in and out of office, Ali Velshi talks with Trump's former fixer and personal attorney Michael Cohen about what's likely weighing on Trump privately and what we can expect to see in public this weekend. Ali is also joined by Congressman Jamaal Bowman and Senator Bob Casey to track the progress of the Covid relief bill. Plus Dr. Ala Stanford answers your vaccine questions. Ali Soufan, Helene Cooper, and Malcolm Nance break down the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria and the ongoing investigation into the deadly Capitol riot of January 6.  Heather McGhee explains why racism is costing Americans trillions of dollars. And Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of the new book 400 Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 joins Ali to discuss how the racial disparities we see today are legacies of slavery and colonialism.

n anthology of Black American history...verses about the life of 18th-century poet Phillis Wheatley...short stories about girlhood in the South. These are some of the new must-read picks Carla Du Pree of CityLit Project offers us. She also previews next month’s virtual festival. And local history teacher Dante Brizill shares the unsung story of African-American war heroes who drove the Red Ball Express after D-Day. Check out Carla's book picks: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of Africa America 1619 - 2019 - Ibram X Kendi & Keisha N. Blain The Age of Phillis and The Love Songs of W. E. Du Bois - Honoree Fanonne Jeffers  The Prophet - Robert Jones Caul Baby - Morgan Jerkins Milk, Blood, Heat - Dantiel W. Moniz We Speak For Ourselves - D. Watkins The Sum of Us - Heather McGhee How the Word is Passed - Clint Smith Children’s & Young Adult Literature: Angel of Greenwood, Randi Pink; The Life I’m In, Sharon G Flake   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Historians Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain join The Post to discuss their new book, “Four Hundred Souls,” an anthology that highlights pivotal figures and untold stories from the 400-year journey of African Americans.

Today our guest is author and historian Dr. Keisha N Blain. Keisha, along with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, edited the brand new collection Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019. Our conversation delves into the work of historians, our ancestors wildest dreams, and the logistics of bringing this ambitious book to life. The Stacks Book Club selection for February is The New Wilderness by Diane Cook, we will discuss the book with Vann Newkirk on Wednesday February 24th. You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/02/10/ep-150-keisha-n-blain SUPPORT THE STACKS Join The Stacks Pack on Patreon Hello Fresh - go to hellofresh.com/stacks10 and use the code stacks10 to get 10 free meals and free shipping. Libro.FM - get two audiobooks for the price of one when you use code THESTACKS at checkout. Purchasing books through

Senator Bob Menendez joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss America’s new foreign policy goals under President Biden and how the U.S. plans to regain its respect on the world stage. He digs into how Biden is approaching the alleged genocide of Muslim Uyghur’s in China. Then Uyghur-American lawyer Nury Turkel further highlights China’s treatment of the Ughurs, calling it modern-day slavery that the world is failing to stop. In his new film "Falling," Viggo Mortensen takes on his directorial debut and the leading roll, exploring the devastating effects of dementia. Then our Michel Martin speaks to award-winning historians, Ibram X Kendi and Keisha N. Blain about their new book “Four Hundred Souls”: a choral history of 400 years of African America explored through the voices of 90 Black writers.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

EPISODE #73 - This Fantastic Fellas Friday – We celebrate Dr. Ibram X Kendi.  Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020.  He is an Author, Professor, Anti-racist Activist, Historian of Race and Discriminatory Policy in America, Director of the Center for Anti-racist Research at Boston University, just to name a few things he is.  For theses reasons and more, I want to celebrate this Black History Fantastic Fella.  He quotes “Being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination.”  His new book Four Hundred Souls co-edited with Keisha N. Blain, who is an award-winning historian, professor, and writer. She is currently an Associate Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, the President of the African American Intellectual History Society, and an editor for The Washington Post's "Made by History" section.  Dr. Kendi attended Stonewall Jackson High School and currently Stonewall Jackson’s Great Great Grandson wants to rename the school after Dr. Kendi.  KKK’s David Duke’s Godson Derrick read one of Dr. Kendi’s books and switched from being a racist to being antiracist.  Now that is being influential!  WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?  LINKS BELOW FOR: APPLE, GOOGLE, PANDORA, AND SPOTIFY.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ladiespromotingtransparentadvocacy/id1526382637https://www.pandora.com/podcast/ladiespromotingtransparentadvocacy/PC:52161?corr=17965216&part=ug&_branch_match_id=819557998249581330https://open.spotify.com/show/5x7xSxWi2wj2UXPsWnZ0cw?si=peGax6j6SIumBT5tq7_hhghttps://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2xhZGllc3Byb21vdGluZ3RyYW5zcGFyZW50YWR2b2NhY3kvZmVlZC54bWw&ep=14Sources: ibramxkekndi.com, CBS This Morning, Stephen Colbert Show from Home, The Daily Show Social Distancing with Trevor Noah, Netflix, Jr., Amazon.com Follow us on Twitter: @AdvocacyLadies Podcast Email: podcasthostshapta19@gmail.com Org. Email: Ladiespromotingtransparentadvo@gmail.com Podcast Call-in Line: 404-855-7723

Ep. #518 - Adam speaks with Dr. Keisha N. Blain, co-editor of the new book Four Hundred Souls with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. They discuss how the project came together, how the almost 100 authors were selected and how their essays were laid out, the coordination it took, and the astounding audiobook. There may not be a more important book released this year. A must-read book and a must-listen conversation. Sponsor: Literati Kids – Visit http://www.Literati.com/ProBookNerds for 25% off your first two orders Get some PBN and Libby Swag – http://shop.overdrive.com/ Join our Reading Challenge on The Story Graph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the last episode of 2020, and we've got a fun one for you! Ryan, Hillary, and Kelso dissect their dauntingly huge To Be Read piles, they gush about Taylor Swift a little bit, and they go off on a tangent about Squishables. It's a grand old time! Enjoy!   Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/ryan-elizabeth-clark Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (libro.fm) A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (November 2, 2021) Pumpkin by Julie Murphy (May 25, 2021) The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake (libro.fm) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (libro.fm) The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/hillary Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson (libro.fm) (March 23, 2021) Master of the Revels by Nicole Galland (libro.fm) (February 23, 2021) The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen (March 2, 2021) Wedding Station by David Downing (March 2, 2021) The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. (libro.fm) (January 5, 2021) Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (libro.fm) (February 2, 2021) The Historians by Cecilia Ekbäck (libro.fm) (January 12, 2021) The Invention of Miracles by Katie Booth (libro.fm) (April 6, 2021) Kelso, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/staff/kelso The Power of Cute by Simon May (libro.fm)  The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (libro.fm) Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension by Matt Parker Vandermeer book  Ambergris: City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch by Jeff Vandermeer Other Books Mentioned In The Woods by Tana French (libro.fm) City of Brass by SA Chakraborty (libro.fm) The Circle by Dave Eggers (libro.fm) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (libro.fm) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (libro.fm) The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (libro.fm) Deacon King Kong by James McBride (Book Club: March 1, 2021) (libro.fm) Other Links Gibson's Bookstore Website Shop The Laydown Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our website by Category! Order some curated bundles! Donate to the bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

Keisha N. Blain is an American historian and writer. She is an Associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She is “one of the most innovative and influential young historians of her generation.”Blain is one of the nation’s leading scholars of African American […]

Dr. Keisha N. Blain joins host Sushma Raman to discuss the historic context of Black internationalist movements both domestically and around the world.

Dr. Keisha N. Blain joins host Sushma Raman to discuss the historic context of Black internationalist movements both domestically and around the world.

This week our hosts share the podcasts, books and articles they've been listening to and reading to further educate themselves around the Black Lives Matter movement and systemic racism. Scroll down to find links below. Plus, Frankie is examining how her feelings about money have changed during lockdown, and Charlie is discussing the issue of wild weeing while public toilets remain closed (just don't ask her to use a Shewee) - all over a cold can of Beavertown Gamma Ray Pale Ale. To hear more from us, sign up at TheWingwoman.co.uk to receive our free weekly newsletter every Sunday. Email us at thewingwomanofficial@gmail.com Links from the episode Farewell to America, by Gary Younge Young Protesters On Why They Are Marching Against Racism, by Aamna Mohdin Unpretty Podcast 'Riots', 'mobs', 'chaos': the establishment always frames change as dangerous, by Keisha N. Blain and Tom Zoellner My Name is Why, by Lemn Sissay

I just wanted to take a second to talk about Black Lives Matter. Resources Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Violence in Minneapolis is rooted in the history of racist policing in America By Keisha N. Blain https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/30/violence-minneapolis-is-rooted-history-racist-policing-america/ Racism is a public health issue and 'police brutality must stop,' medical groups say By Jacqueline Howard https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/health/racism-public-health-issue-police-brutality-wellness-bn/index.html Twitter Accounts to Follow https://twitter.com/nhannahjones https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome https://twitter.com/docrocktex26 https://twitter.com/BlairImani https://twitter.com/Hood_Biologist https://twitter.com/samswey https://twitter.com/DrIbram https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon https://twitter.com/ClintSmithIII https://twitter.com/ColorOfChange

I just wanted to take a second to talk about Black Lives Matter. Resources Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Violence in Minneapolis is rooted in the history of racist policing in America By Keisha N. Blain https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/30/violence-minneapolis-is-rooted-history-racist-policing-america/ Racism is a public health issue and 'police brutality must stop,' medical groups say By Jacqueline Howard https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/health/racism-public-health-issue-police-brutality-wellness-bn/index.html Twitter Accounts to Follow https://twitter.com/nhannahjones https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome https://twitter.com/docrocktex26 https://twitter.com/BlairImani https://twitter.com/Hood_Biologist https://twitter.com/samswey https://twitter.com/DrIbram https://twitter.com/BenjaminPDixon https://twitter.com/ClintSmithIII https://twitter.com/ColorOfChange

This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at the largely unknown story of Black nationalist women in the struggle for freedom, equality, and justice in the mid-20th century. To explain this history, I speak with historian Keisha N. Blain about her new book, “Set The World On Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom.” As she explains, in the 30+ years before the emergence of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers, women like Amy Jacques Garvey. Mittie Maude Lena Gordon, Celia Jane Allen, and Audley "Queen Mother" Moore kept alive and broadened the reach of black nationalist thought and activism.  So just what is black nationalism? According to Keisha N. Blain, it’s “the political view that people of African descent constitute a separate group or nationality on the basis of their distinct culture, shared history, and experiences.” Over the last nearly 200 years, black nationalists have advocated a wide range of initiatives, including back to Africa movements, anti-colonialism, racial separatism, black pride, political self-determination, and economic self-sufficiency. In the United States, black nationalism has its origins in the late 1820s and 1830s with the writings of David Walker and Maria Stewart. They were followed in each succeeding generation by new advocates of black liberation, self-determination, and racial pride – people like Bishop Henry Turner. Black nationalism reached a high point of popularity among African-Americans and recognition by white Americans in the early 20th century when a Jamaican immigrant named Marcus Garvey launched an organization called the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914. His goal was to unify people of African descent worldwide and to encourage the migration of African-Americans to move to the African nation of Liberia. But 1920 Garvey’s organization counted some 4 million members who were attracted by his message of black liberation. But this was the 1920s, at the height of white supremacy and Jim Crow. So it wasn’t long before J. Edgar Hoover, head of the Bureau of Investigation – the precursor to the FBI –decided to bring Garvey down. Garvey was charged with committing mail fraud, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison. When he was released in 1928 he was immediately deported back to Jamaica. In the traditional history of black nationalism in the United States, it’s said that after Garvey’s downfall, black nationalism in the US went fallow for the next 30+ years until it re-emerged – seemingly out of nowhere – with the appearance of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam and the Black Panthers in the 1960s. But now, with the publication of Keisha Blain’s new book, we know this is to be untrue. Black nationalism did not go into hibernation. It was kept alive, both in the US and internationally, through the efforts of black nationalist women in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. ------------ Keisha Blain teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh and serves as editor-in-chief of The North Star, a recently re-booted version of Frederick Douglass’ 1847 newspaper of the same name. She’s also the editor of a collection of essays and resources titled, Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence. In this episode she talks about her latest book, Set the World On Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom. Recommended reading:  Keisha N. Blain, Set The World On Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (U. Penn Press, 2018) Wilson J. Moses, Classical Black Nationalism: From the American Revolution to Marcus Garvey Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity Ula Yvette Taylor, The Veiled Garvey: The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey William L. Van Deburg, Modern Black Nationalism: From Marcus Garvey to Louis Farrakhan  More info about Keisha N. Blain - website   Follow In The Past Lane on Twitter  @InThePastLane Instagram  @InThePastLane Facebook: InThePastLanePodcast YouTube: InThePastLane     Music for This Episode Jay Graham, ITPL Intro (JayGMusic.com) Kevin McCleod, “Impact Moderato” (Free Music Archive) Andy Cohen, “Trophy Endorphins” (Free Music Archive) Ketsa, “Stay the Course” (Free Music Archive) Jon Luc Hefferman, “Winter Trek” (Free Music Archive) The Bell, “I Am History” (Free Music Archive) Production Credits Executive Producer: Lulu Spencer  Technical Advisors: Holly Hunt and Jesse Anderson Podcasting Consultant: Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting Podcast Editing: Wildstyle Media Photographer: John Buckingham Graphic Designer: Maggie Cellucci Website by: ERI Design Legal services: Tippecanoe and Tyler Too Social Media management: The Pony Express Risk Assessment: Little Big Horn Associates Growth strategies: 54 40 or Fight © In The Past Lane, 2019 Recommended History Podcasts Ben Franklin’s World with Liz Covart @LizCovart The Age of Jackson Podcast @AgeofJacksonPod Backstory podcast – the history behind today’s headlines @BackstoryRadio Past Present podcast with Nicole Hemmer, Neil J. Young, and Natalia Petrzela @PastPresentPod 99 Percent Invisible with Roman Mars @99piorg Slow Burn podcast about Watergate with @leoncrawl The Memory Palace – with Nate DiMeo, story teller extraordinaire @thememorypalace The Conspirators – creepy true crime stories from the American past @Conspiratorcast The History Chicks podcast @Thehistorychix My History Can Beat Up Your Politics @myhist Professor Buzzkill podcast – Prof B takes on myths about the past @buzzkillprof Footnoting History podcast @HistoryFootnote The History Author Show podcast @HistoryDean More Perfect podcast - the history of key US Supreme Court cases @Radiolab Revisionist History with Malcolm Gladwell @Gladwell Radio Diaries with Joe Richman @RadioDiaries DIG history podcast @dig_history The Story Behind – the hidden histories of everyday things @StoryBehindPod Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen – specifically its American Icons series @Studio360show Uncivil podcast – fascinating takes on the legacy of the Civil War in contemporary US @uncivilshow Stuff You Missed in History Class @MissedinHistory The Whiskey Rebellion – two historians discuss topics from today’s news @WhiskeyRebelPod American History Tellers ‏@ahtellers The Way of Improvement Leads Home with historian John Fea @JohnFea1 The Bowery Boys podcast – all things NYC history @BoweryBoys Ridiculous History @RidiculousHSW The Rogue Historian podcast with historian @MKeithHarris The Road To Now podcast @Road_To_Now Retropod with @mikerosenwald

The field of African American intellectual history is enjoying a kind of renaissance at the moment. The resurgence is due to the work of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and its terrific blog Black Perspectives. The fruits of the AAIHS's labors can be seen in the book we're discussing today: New Perspectives of the Black Intellectual Tradition(Northwestern University Press, 2018). Its editors--Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer--have collected insightful essays ranging across the entire African Diaspora from the leading scholars of Black intellectual history. Listen in as we talk to one of them, Ashley Farmer. Adam McNeil is a PhD Student in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The field of African American intellectual history is enjoying a kind of renaissance at the moment. The resurgence is due to the work of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and its terrific blog Black Perspectives. The fruits of the AAIHS's labors can be seen in the book we're discussing today: New Perspectives of the Black Intellectual Tradition(Northwestern University Press, 2018). Its editors--Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer--have collected insightful essays ranging across the entire African Diaspora from the leading scholars of Black intellectual history. Listen in as we talk to one of them, Ashley Farmer. Adam McNeil is a PhD Student in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The field of African American intellectual history is enjoying a kind of renaissance at the moment. The resurgence is due to the work of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and its terrific blog Black Perspectives. The fruits of the AAIHS's labors can be seen in the book we're discussing today: New Perspectives of the Black Intellectual Tradition(Northwestern University Press, 2018). Its editors--Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer--have collected insightful essays ranging across the entire African Diaspora from the leading scholars of Black intellectual history. Listen in as we talk to one of them, Ashley Farmer. Adam McNeil is a PhD Student in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The field of African American intellectual history is enjoying a kind of renaissance at the moment. The resurgence is due to the work of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and its terrific blog Black Perspectives. The fruits of the AAIHS's labors can be seen in the book we're discussing today: New Perspectives of the Black Intellectual Tradition(Northwestern University Press, 2018). Its editors--Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer--have collected insightful essays ranging across the entire African Diaspora from the leading scholars of Black intellectual history. Listen in as we talk to one of them, Ashley Farmer. Adam McNeil is a PhD Student in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The field of African American intellectual history is enjoying a kind of renaissance at the moment. The resurgence is due to the work of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and its terrific blog Black Perspectives. The fruits of the AAIHS's labors can be seen in the book we're discussing today: New Perspectives of the Black Intellectual Tradition(Northwestern University Press, 2018). Its editors--Keisha N. Blain, Christopher Cameron, and Ashley D. Farmer--have collected insightful essays ranging across the entire African Diaspora from the leading scholars of Black intellectual history. Listen in as we talk to one of them, Ashley Farmer. Adam McNeil is a PhD Student in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women's history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey's black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America. Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage. Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey’s black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey’s black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey’s black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women's history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey's black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey’s black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keisha N. Blain teaches African American and gender and women’s history at the University of Pittsburg. Her book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) tells the story of an overlooked group of black women leaders in the aftermath of a declining Marcus Garvey’s black nationalist movement of the 1920s. Building on numerous religious and political ideologies, Garveyite women organized black workers from the Mississippi Delta to Harlem and built transnational alliances in the pursuit of global black liberation and nationalism. They followed strategies such the Greater Liberia Bill seeking funding from the U.S. government for black emigration to Africa. In doing so, they formed unlikely alliances and remained outside the established civil rights organizations tapping the frustrated aspirations of thousands of African Americans in mid-century America.  Over a period of four decades, they never gave up on their dream of a return to Africa and building a black nation recognized on the international stage.  Set the World on Fire, offers a continuous link between the nationalism of the Garvey movement and Black Power of the 1960s in which women were key. This episode of New Books in American Studies was produced in cooperation with the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. Lilian Calles Barger, www.lilianbarger.com, is a cultural, intellectual and gender historian. Her current book project is entitled The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology, forthcoming in 2018 from Oxford University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Left POCket Project Podcast - Episode 5 - Left, Black, & Badass - Interview w/Charisse Burden-Stelly Suggested Reading Mary Anderson,“The Plight of Negro Domestic Labor,”The Journal of Negro Education 5 (1936),66-72 Ella Baker & Marvel Cooke,“The Bronx Slave Market,”The Crisis 42,(November 1935) Frances Beal,“Double Jeopardy:To be Black & Female,”in Black Women’s Manifesto,edited by the Third World Women’s Alliance,(New York: Third World Women’s Alliance, 1970) Keisha N. Blain,“‘[F]or the Rights of Dark People in Every Part of the World’:Pearl Sherrod,Black Internationalist Feminism,& Afro-Asian Politics during the 1930s,”Souls 17 (2015),90-112. Rose Brewer,“Black radical theory & practice: Gender, race, & class,”Socialism & Democracy 17 (2003),109-122 Carole Boyce Davies,Left of Karl Marx:The Political life of Black Communist Claudia Jones,(Durham: Duke University Press, 2007) ____,”Sisters Outside:Tracing the Caribbean/Black Intellectual Tradition,”Small Axe 28 (2009),217-228 ____,Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment,(Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publisher,Inc.,2011) Combahee River Collective,“The Combahee River Collective Statement,” in Homegirls:A Black Feminist Anthology edited by Barbara Smith,(New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press,1983),264-269 Dayo F. Gore et al.,eds.,Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle,(New York: New York University Press,2009) ____,Radicalism at The Crossroads:African American Activists in the Cold War,(New York: New York University Press,2011); Cheryl Higashida, Black International Feminism:Women Writers of the Black Left,1945-1995 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011) Gerald Horne,Race Woman:The Lives of Shirley Graham DuBois, (New York: New York University Press,2000) Buzz Johnson,“I Think of My Mother”:Notes on the Life & Times of Claudia Jones,(London: Karia Press,1985) Erik McDuffie, “A ‘New Freedom Movement of Negro Women’:Sojourning for Truth,Justice, & Civil Rights during the Early Cold War,”Radical History Review 101 (2008),81-106 ____, “‘I wanted a Communist philosophy,but I wanted us to have a change to organize our people’:The diasporic radicalism of Queen Mother Audley Moore & the origins of black power,” African & Black Diaspora 3 (2010),181-195 ____,Sojourning for Freedom:Black Women,American Communism,& the Making of Black Left Feminism,(Durham:Duke University Press,2011). ____,“‘For full freedom of… colored women in Africa,Asia,& in these United States…’: Black Women Radicals & the Practice of a Black Women’s International,”Palimpsest 1 (2012),1-30 Louise Thompson Patterson,“Toward a Brighter Dawn,”Woman Today,April 1936 Rhoda Reddock,“Radical Caribbean social thought:Race,class identity & the postcolonial nation,”Current Sociology 62 (2014),493-511 Marika Sherwood,Claudia Jones:A Life in Exile,(London: Lawrence & Wishart,1999) Ula Taylor,“‘Reading Men & Nations’: Women in the Black Radical Tradition,”Souls 1 (1999),72-80 ____,The Veiled Garvey:The Life & times of Amy Jacques Garvey,(Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press,2002) Stephen Ward,“The Third World Women’s Alliance:Black Feminist Radicalism & Black Power Politics,”in The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights- Black Power Era edited by Peniel E. Joseph,199-144,(New York: Routledge,2006) Mary Helen Washington,“Alice Childress,Loraine Hansberry, & Claudia Jones Write the Popular Front,”in Left of the Color Line:Race,Radicalism, & Twentieth Century Literature of the United Stated edited by Bill V. Mullen & James Smethurst,183-204,(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,2003) For the full list, visit https://www.patreon.com/posts/left-pocket-5-w-16178909 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Twitter: @LeftPOC Patreon: patreon.com/leftpoc

THE SPIN: weekly all WOC podcast. This week: 1 theme, 2 massacres INTERSECTIONS: Orlando & Charleston - 1 year anniversary ORLANDO: Religion, Homophobia, Masculinity, US terrorism, Islamophobia CHARLESTON: Race, Religion, White Privilege, White Supremacist Terrorism Host: Esther Armah Contributors: Staceyann Chin & Dr Keisha N. Blain