Online Roundtable–Kaysha Corinealdi’s ‘Panama in Black’
May 29–June 2, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Kaysha
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Black history
The Defender and Chicago’s Built Environment
In A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, author E. James West explores the
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Social Welfare and the Politics of Race in the Post-Civil War South
The policing of Black bodies has become an increasingly visible part of the American landscape, shining light on centuries-long violent
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Black Resistance and Slave Politics in Lowcountry Georgia
Within Lowcountry Georgia, enslaved Africans expressed a determined political will to resist enslavement and maintain dignity. Their dislocation reinforced
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A Response to Black Studies Readers, Dancers, Students, and Teachers
This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. “Crossings,” M. Jacqui Alexander reminds
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