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Dr. George Simkins, Jr. Source: Greensboro Medical Society.

Civil Rights and Healthcare: Remembering Simkins v. Cone (1963)

February 4, 2017February 7, 2017 Ezelle Sanford III civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, law

Upon her release from L. Richardson Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward in Greensboro, North Carolina, my grandmother, Ann Wilson Scales, walked

Black Female Undertakers in 20th-Century Baltimore

February 3, 2017February 4, 2017 Kami Fletcher Baltimore

Historically, the business of black undertaking has been framed as a male success story—focusing on narratives of lone freedmen with

(L-R) Cicely Tyson, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte, 1969, New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

Black History Month Book Giveaways from Black Perspectives

January 31, 2017February 6, 2017 AAIHS Editors

In celebration of Black History Month, Black Perspectives will be giving away free books to our readers during the month

Race, History, and the #ScienceMarch

January 30, 2017March 13, 2017 Christopher F. Petrella black politics, Donald Trump, Politics, Trumpism

Donald Trump is an anti-science president. In fact, his entire raison d’être—perhaps unsurprisingly—stands at cross-purposes with the scientific method, systematic