Sabotage of the First Black New Orleans Journalist
It was a hot, balmy day in the Crescent City of New Orleans in June of 1970 when Warren Brown
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Black history
CFP: Contemporary Black Women’s Fiction
Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites blog posts for an online forum
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Mollie Moon and Funding the Civil Rights Movement
Elegance. Galas. Balls. Fashion shows. Fine dining. When we think about the Civil Rights Movement these words typically do not
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Black Women and Economic Self-Determination: A CBFS Interview
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated
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The Controversy of the Without Sanctuary Museum Exhibit
On May 22, 1917, the lynching of Ell Persons, a Black woodcutter, occurred in a carnival-type setting in Memphis, Tennessee.
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