BGHRA Digital Archive

BGHRA · Connected histories

People, Political Life & Transatlantic Histories

Explore Black German political figures, Afro Germans in America and Black scholars of German in the United States.

Boris Kodjoe — representative image for Afro Germans in America
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Afro Germans in America

Prominent lives connecting Germany and the United States, across acting, journalism, scholarship, dance and sport. Connections do not imply a particular citizenship.

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Georgiana R. Simpson — representative image for Black scholars of German
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Black Scholars of German in the United States

Historical and contemporary scholarship in German language, literature, history and related fields. Based on BGHRA’s historical research directory and updated public institutional biographies. Historical directory entries are identified as such; older affiliations are not presented as current appointments.

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