History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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HAP 64 - God is a Negro - Henry McNeal Turner Nov 29, 2020

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A late 19th-century churchman tries to explain how slavery fit into God’s plan, and decide whether the future for African-Americans lies in Africa or America.

HAP 63 - Brittney Cooper on Black Women Activists Nov 15, 2020

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Brittney Cooper on activists connected to the National Association of Colored Women, including Fannie Barrier Williams, Mary Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells.

HAP 62 - American Barbarism - Ida B. Wells Nov 01, 2020

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Ida B. Wells, her tireless crusade against lynching, and her analysis of the underlying purpose of racial violence.

HAP 61 - When and Where I Enter - Anna Julia Cooper Oct 18, 2020

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Anna Julia Cooper’s "A Voice from the South", an unprecedented contribution to black feminist theory.

HAP 60 - Though Late, It Is Liberty- Abolitionism in Brazil Oct 04, 2020

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Abolitionists Luiz Gama and Joaquim Nabuco, and the great novelist Machado de Assis, react to the injustices of slaveholding in Brazil.

HAP 59 - Frowning at Froudacious Fabrications - J.J. Thomas and F.A. Durham Sep 20, 2020

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John Jacob Thomas argues for self-government in the English colonies of the Caribbean but his fellow Trinidadian Frederick Alexander Durham recommends repatriation to Africa instead.

HAP 58 - A Common Circle - Anténor Firmin Sep 06, 2020

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Haitian anthropologist Anténor Firmin debunks racist pseudo-science and argues that inequalities among humans are caused by social, not biological, factors.

HAP 57 - Race First, Then Party - T. Thomas Fortune Jul 19, 2020

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T. Thomas Fortune uses newspaper editorials to put forth a theory of civil rights and set out a plan of political action for protecting them.

HAP 56 - African Personality - Edward Blyden Jul 05, 2020

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Edward Blyden gains appreciation for Islam in West Africa and gradually moves from political nationalism to cultural nationalism.

HAP 55 - Planting the Seeds - James Africanus Beale Horton Jun 21, 2020

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Africanus Horton looks toward a future of self-government for West Africa beyond slavery and colonialism.