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First Name
Tionne
Last Name
Parris
Affiliation
University of Hertfordshire
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Keywords
U.S Black Radicals, Black Power, Black Panther Party, FBI repression, Anti-Communism, American Communism, Black Radical Women, Civil Rights Movement
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About Me

I am currently a PhD student at the University of Hertfordshire, and I am a graduate of the University of Dundee in Scotland, holding an MA Honours Undergraduate and Masters degree in History.

I am a specialist in African American history, specifically the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Broadly, my research is focused on American society’s response to race-based political protests and communism within black radical protests. I have written, in my own time, on the rise of the Alt-Right in the 21st Century, as well as the legacy of Anti-Communism in the United States.

My current PhD research concerns the ideological connections between Black Radical Women of the early 20th Century and the Black Power Movement of the latter half of the 20th Century. I am interested primarily in the transfer of tactics and ideology, as well as the interpersonal and intergenerational exchanges between actors.

I am also a Coordinator at the Young Historians Project – a non-profit organisation formed by young people encouraging the development of young historians of African and Caribbean heritage in Britain. We work on dynamic projects, documenting pivotal and often overlooked historical moments in Black British History.

 

Recent Publications

Meditations on Critical Race  Theory and 21st Century Anti-Communism, U.S Studies Online, September 2021 https://usso.uk/meditations-on-critical-race-theory-and-21st-century-anti-communism/

Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile (Review),
Troy Deeney: “Where’s My History?” A YHP Response
May 2022, Young Historians Project
https://www.younghistoriansproject.org/single-post/troy-deeney-where-s-my-history

WHAT IS HISTORY FOR?
Royal Historical Society, June 2022 https://blog.royalhistsoc.org/2022/06/27/what-is-history-for-2-historical-imagination/

Media Coverage
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United Kingdom, United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century, 21st century
Expertise by Topic
Capitalism, Colonialism, Gender, Government, Politics, Public History, Race, Rebellion & Revolution, Women