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Striving Toward Freedom and Black Pittsburgh

February 6, 2023February 4, 2023 Hettie Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #CanaanDim, Activism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Canaan, Dim and Far:

CFP: Womanist Theology: A Black Woman’s Intellectual Movement

February 3, 2023January 30, 2023 AAIHS Editors #Roundtable, CFP, Renita Weems, Womanism, Womanist Theology

James Cone, a pioneer of Black Theology, initially failed to consider Black women’s perspectives in his work. Black women’s experiences

Online Roundtable-Adam Lee Cilli’s ‘Canaan, Dim and Far’

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 AAIHS Editors #CanaanDim, #Roundtable, book review, citizenship, Pittsburgh

February 6–10, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan,

Ye, Trump, and the Antisemitic Alliance

February 2, 2023January 30, 2023 David Weinfeld Black Celebrity, Black Hebrew Israelites, Black-Jewish Relations, Kanye West, Trump

A Black rapper, a Latino white supremacist, and former president sat down for dinner. It sounds like a bad joke,

How Historical Housing Discrimination Impacts Black Historical Preservation Practices

February 2, 2023January 29, 2023 Nan Wakefield race, racism

Looking nationally at the American landscape, there are few places that present clear opportunities to talk about history. Legal protections