About Amanda Joyce Hall

Amanda Joyce Hall is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in the Department of African American Studies. She's on Twitter @amandajoycehall.

NBN Episodes hosted by Amanda:

Charisse Burden-Stelly, "Black Scare/Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States" (U Chicago Press, 2023)

November 17, 2023

Black Scare / Red Scare

Charisse Burden-Stelly

In the early twentieth century, two panics emerged in the United States. The Black Scare was rooted in white Americans’ fear of Black Nationalism and …

Winston James, "Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik" (Columbia UP, 2022)

February 11, 2023

Claude McKay

Winston James

One of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era, Claude McKay (1889–1948) was a central figure in Caribbean literature, the Harlem Rena…

Abdul Alkalimat, "The Future of Black Studies" (Pluto Press, 2022)

December 29, 2022

The Future of Black Studies

Abdul Alkalimat

The marginalisation of Black voices from the academy is a problem in the Western world. But Black Studies, where it exists, is a powerful, boundary-pu…

Quito J. Swan, "Pasifika Black: Oceania, Anti-Colonialism, and the African World" (NYU Press, 2022)

December 20, 2022

Pasifika Black

Quito Swan

Oceania is a vast sea of islands, large scale political struggles and immensely significant historical phenomena. Pasifika Black: Oceania, Anti-Coloni…

Dawne Y. Curry, "Social Justice at Apartheid's Dawn: African Women Intellectuals and the Quest to Save the Nation" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)

November 21, 2022

Social Justice at Apartheid's Dawn

Dawne Y. Curry

Dawne Y. Curry’s Social Justice at Apartheid’s Dawn: African Women Intellectuals and the Quest to Save the Nation (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), which ex…

Sarah F. Derbew, "Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

October 4, 2022

Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity

Sarah F. Derbew

Sarah Derbew’s new book Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity (Cambridge UP, 2022) asks how should articulations of blackness from the fifth century…

Glenda E. Gilmore, "Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist's Reckoning with the South" (UNC Press, 2022)

May 10, 2022

Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore

In Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination: An Artist's Reckoning with the South (UNC Press, 2022), Glenda Gilmore meticulously documents an…

Brian J. Peterson, "Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa" (Indiana UP, 2021)

March 17, 2022

Thomas Sankara

Brian J. Peterson

Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa (Indiana University Press, 2021) by Brian J. Peterson is a thoroughly researched biography of Thoma…

Davarian L Baldwin, "In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities" (Bold Type Press, 2021)

December 13, 2021

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower

Davarian L Baldwin

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering our Cities (Bold Type Books, 2021) by Dr. Davarian Baldwin examines the political e…

James G. Cantres, "Blackening Britain: Caribbean Radicalism from Windrush to Decolonization" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020)

November 17, 2021

Blackening Britain

James G. Cantres

Covering the period from the interwar years through the arrival of the steamship SS Empire Windrush from Jamaica in 1948 and culminating in the period…

Elizabeth Hinton, "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since The 1960s" (Liveright, 2021)

July 6, 2021

America on Fire

Elizabeth Hinton

In America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellions since the 1960s (Liveright, 2021) Dr. Elizabeth Hinton asserts the sign…

Jelani Favors, "Shelter in A Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism" (UNC Press, 2020)

March 23, 2021

Shelter in a Time of Storm

Jelani M. Favors

Shelter in A Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) by Dr. Jel…

Daphne A. Brooks, "Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound" (Harvard UP, 2021)

February 23, 2021

Liner Notes for the Revolution

Daphne A. Brooks

Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University Press, 2021) by Dr. Daphne Brooks is a lyrical maste…

Kim T. Gallon, "Pleasure in the News: African American Readership and Sexuality in the Black Press" (U Illinois Press, 2020)

December 22, 2020

Pleasure in the News

Kim T. Gallon

In Pleasure in the News: African American Readership and Sexuality in the Black Press (University of Illinois Press, 2020), Dr. Kim Gallon examines ho…

Quito J. Swan, "Pauulu's Diaspora: Black Internationalism and Environmental Justice" (UP of Florida, 2020)

December 4, 2020

Pauulu's Diaspora

Quito J. Swan

Pauulu’s Diaspora: Black Internationalism and Environmental Justice (University Press of Florida, 2020) by Quito Swan is an enchanting, magisterial, b…

Chinua Thelwell, "Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond" (U Massachusetts Press, 2020)

October 20, 2020

Exporting Jim Crow

Chinua Thelwell

Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020) by Dr. Chinua Thelwell is a rich, well-r…

Benjamin Talton, "In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2019)

August 19, 2020

In This Land of Plenty

Benjamin Talton

In This Land of Plenty: Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press) by Benjamin Talton is a transnational history…

Marcia Chatelain, "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America" (Liveright, 2020)

June 18, 2020

Franchise

Marcia Chatelain

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America (Liveright, 2020) by Marcia Chatelain is a fascinating examination of the relationship between the fast-…

H. Moore and J. Tracy, "No Fascist USA!" (City Lights, 2020)

June 12, 2020

No Fascist USA!

H. Moore and J. Tracy

No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today’s Social Movements (City Lights Publishing, 2020) by Hilary Moore and James …

Anne Heffernan, "Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa" (James Currey, 2019)

May 4, 2020

Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa

Anne Heffernan

Anne Heffernan's new book Limpopo’s Legacy, Student Politics and Democracy in South Africa (James Currey, 2019) a thoroughly researched account of the…

Peter Cole, "Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area" (U Illinois Press, 2018)

February 19, 2020

Dockworker Power

Peter Cole

Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area (University of Illinois Press, 2018) is a fascinating, densely researched…