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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, November 4, 2016. A large statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela stands 9 meters tall in the middle of the Union Buildings in Pretoria

The Remains of Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa

In Apartheid Remains, geographer and interdisciplinary scholar Sharad Chari deftly navigates the sedimented terrain of twentieth-century South African apartheid and …

The Best Black History Books of 2024

The Best Black History Books of 2024

We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2024! Check out this extraordinary …

Tom Burrell and Capitalist Activism in Advertising

Tom Burrell and Capitalist Activism in Advertising

I first became aware of Dr. Jason Chambers, professor of advertising at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, through his …

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