Black history - AAIHS

A Complicitous Critique: Reading Dwayne McDuffie’s ‘Icon’ in the Wake of ‘The Death of Superman’

October 10, 2019October 6, 2019 Phillip L. Cunningham #MilestoneMedia, Black women, comic books, comics, race

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. The year 1993 proved a

How Black Women Steered National Politics Through Local Activism in Washington, DC

October 3, 2019October 8, 2019 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Politics, Washington DC

Many histories of America’s capital city have explored the personal networks of political figures. They have revealed the sociopolitical influence

Black Workers and Consumers in the Long Civil Rights Movement

October 2, 2019September 22, 2019 Aimee Loiselle book review, capitalism, Civil Rights Movement, labor, race

As Amazon expanded from an online retail corporation into a transnational logistics operation with retail, content/entertainment, shipping, data and web

Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics: An Interview with Benjamin Talton

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Keisha N. Blain Activism, africa, African Diaspora, black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black political thought, black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Pan-Africanism, Politics, race

In today’s post, AAIHS President Keisha N. Blain interviews Benjamin Talton, an associate professor of History at Temple University, about his

Black Freethinkers: A New History of African American Secularism

September 27, 2019September 20, 2019 J. T. Roane Black Freethought, black intellectual history, religion

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History