Black history - AAIHS

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

Tyre Nichols and the Complexity of Institutional Racism

February 1, 2023January 31, 2023 Anique John black lives matter, Racial Violence, racism

Racial injustice, institutional racism, and police brutality are painful aspects of our society that we have not and should never

CFP: Howard Thurman’s Spiritual and Intellectual Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement

January 27, 2023January 23, 2023 AAIHS Editors CFP, Civil Rights Movement, Howard Thurman, Mysticism, Online Forum, religion

Gregory Ellison’s recently published edited volume on Howard Thurman explores the varied roles that the theologian, mystic, professor, and preacher