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    The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is a scholarly organization founded to foster dialogue about researching, writing, and teaching black thought..

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The International Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Epidemiology

The International Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Epidemiology

In Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs tells a new origin story for epidemiology …
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The Long Debate Over Critical Race Theory

The Long Debate Over Critical Race Theory

“Just what is critical race theory and what’s it doing in a nice field like education?” is a question on …
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Until I Am Free: Teaching Fannie Lou Hamer Past and Present

Until I Am Free: Teaching Fannie Lou Hamer Past and Present

What we don’t know about the real life of the civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer could fill a book …
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