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Immunity, Capitalism, and the Antebellum New Orleans

November 22, 2022November 18, 2022 Maniza Ahmed racism, slavery

Many believed that Union soldiers stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, would soon die. Both Union soldiers and city residents expected

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Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackFamily

This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,

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Black Journalists and The Great Migration

November 8, 2022October 29, 2022 Tichaona Chinyelu black intellectual history, Jim Crow, literature, Resistance

Coined in 1897, the phrase “all the news that’s fit to print” is a motto of the newspaper industry designed

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Remembering Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Rhonda Y. Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Activism, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Gender

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Prelude I teach a course

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Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

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