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#CFP: Black Women and 19th Century America
When discussing the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, numerous individuals and organizations tend to focus on the mid-twentieth century to highlight ...
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Applying Migration Studies to the History of Black Fugitivity in the Antebellum Urban South
The historiography of slavery in the Americas largely asserts that Black enslaved people fled from their enslavers to places where ...
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Aaron Douglas’ History Lesson on the Responsibility of Black Artists
In an interview with Fisk University professor Leslie Collins, Harlem Renaissance painter and educator Aaron Douglas recalled his admiration for ...
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Black Capitalism, Underground Economies, and the Great Depression
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Florida’s warm climate and long sunny days managed to attract the nation’s elites. The ...
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