Robert Greene II

Columbia

Assistant Professor of History, Claflin University and Contributor at Freelance

President @AAIHS Pub Chair @ideas_history. Bylines: @thenation @dissentmag @jacobinmag @madebyhistory @oxfordamerican, etc. History prof. @claflinuniv1869

Articles

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview With Maurice Jackson

2 months ago | portside.org | Robert Greene II

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview With Maurice Jackson Published February 20, 2025 In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, assistant professor of history at Claflin University and President of AAIHS, interviews historian Dr. Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. Professor Jackson teaches in the History and African American Studies Departments and is Affiliated Professor of Music (Jazz) at Georgetown University.
Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview with Maurice Jackson

2 months ago | aaihs.org | Robert Greene II

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, assistant professor of history at Claflin University and President of AAIHS, interviews historian Dr. Maurice Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University. Professor Jackson teaches in the History and African American Studies Departments and is Affiliated Professor of Music (Jazz) at Georgetown University. Before coming to academe, he worked as a longshoreman, shipyard rigger, construction worker and community organizer.
From Gangsta Walkin’ at the Palace to Jookin’ Online

Dec 10, 2024 | shorturl.at | Robert Greene II

Lil Buck, choreographer, dancer, and master of Memphis jookin’, in Memphis, TN, 2016 © Kevin Trageser/Redux Tracing the Memphis hip-hop dance, from G-Style to Lil Buck Three young men walk from the shadows toward the viewer accompanied by music that sounds eerily like the soundtrack to Halloween. Yet the initially sinister tone quickly develops into one of swagger and then exuberance.
A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class

Jun 13, 2024 | thenation.com | Robert Greene II

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A Sweeping History of the Black Working Class

Jun 12, 2024 | thenation.com | Robert Greene II

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“The Intellectual Matter of Black Lives”: Robert Greene II on Biko Mandela Gray’s *Black Life Matter: Blackness, Religion, and the Subject*

Apr 21, 2024 | s-usih.org | Robert Greene II

The Book Black Life Matter: Blackness, Religion, and the Subject The Author(s) Biko Mandela Gray One of the key tenets of American intellectual history is the relationship between Black Americans and the state. A wide array of books written in recent years—Martha Jones Birthright Citizenship and Charles Mills’ The Racial Contract, among so many others—come to mind.
#AAIHS2024–Reparations: Past, Present, and Future - AAIHS

Mar 4, 2024 | aaihs.org | Robert Greene II

Later this week the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) will hold its ninth annual conference from March 8-9, 2024 at the University of Virginia. The conference is hosted by the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, which generously offered space and financial support to make this year’s gathering possible.
Black Women Public Intellectuals in U.S. History and Culture

Dec 1, 2023 | aaihs.org | Robert Greene II

The field of Black women’s intellectual history has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Works such as Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women and Bury My Heart in a Free Land: Black Women Intellectuals in Modern U.S. History have showcased the considerable interest among historians in the field of Black women’s intellectual history.
On The Sixtieth Anniversary of the March on Washington

Aug 28, 2023 | aaihs.org | Robert Greene II

In recent years, memorialization of the Civil Rights era from the 1950s and 1960s has taken on a new urgency for two reasons. One, the nation is approaching the 60th—and, sometimes, 70th—anniversary of key events in what scholars such as Peniel Joseph have referred to as the “heroic age” of the Civil Rights Movement.
Black Agenda Report

Jun 20, 2023 | blackagendareport.com | Robert Greene II