Activism - AAIHS

Documentaries for Teaching African American History since 1865

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Joshua Clark Davis Black film, film, Jim Crow

Let’s face it: some students do almost no reading in our classes. But even if they seem to rarely crack

Marcus Garvey’s Vision of Pan-Africanism

September 14, 2018September 18, 2018 Rupert Lewis Caribbean, Cuba, garvey, Garveyism, Universal Negro Improvement Association

This is an excerpt from Rupert Lewis’s Marcus Garvey (University of the West Indies Press, 2017). The book is part of the University

Cuba and the Making of a United States Left

September 14, 2018September 16, 2018 Karen Dubinsky Afro-Cubans, Cuba

As revolutions go, the Cuban Revolution had it all: handsome masculine icons toppling a ruthless U.S.-backed dictator against dramatic backdrops

Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago

September 13, 2018September 18, 2018 Teona Williams Activism, Chicago, environment, Great Migration, Migration

Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called

‘Stoolpigeons’ and the Treacherous Terrain of Freedom Fighting

September 13, 2018September 16, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly Activism, Black radicalism

On May 15, 2018, Newsweek published a story entitled, “CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He’s Still