Department of Africana Studies

Malcolm Thompson holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the George Washington University, and an M.A. in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Africana Studies from the Graduate Center, CUNY. His research considers the 1917 Houston rebellion within the broader context of Black radicalism at the end of the First World War. His current work continues to focus on the intersection of Black social movements and political radicalism in the early twentieth century. His other interests include Black masculinity, anti-colonialism and Black existential thought.