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Claiming Freedom: A New Book on the Transition from Slavery to Emancipation in Georgia

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Keisha N. Blain economic justice, Georgia

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

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On Borders and the Matters of Black Life: A Review of “Seven Seconds”

April 11, 2018April 30, 2018 J. T. Roane film, Jim Crow, police brutality, police violence, Visual Culture

*Editor’s Note: This essay contains spoilers* In the recently released Netflix drama, Seven Seconds, viewers are confronted with a dramatization of

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#AAIHS2018: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 3.0

April 11, 2018April 13, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere Activism, black intellectual history, black internationalism, black politics, Black radicalism, Black women

I’m grateful to continue the tradition of offering an AAIHS conference summary again this year, as I did in 2016

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary Who Kept the Spirit of Resistance Alive

April 7, 2018April 13, 2018 Shireen Hassim South Africa

No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics.

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The King of Atlanta: Martin Luther King Jr. and Public Memory

April 3, 2018April 7, 2018 Maurice J. Hobson Activism, Atlanta, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. On April 4th, the world

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