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Teaching Black Perspectives

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 Julia W. Bernier 1619, 1619 Project, Black History, Black Perspectives, Critical Race Theory, CRT, pedagogy, teaching

Shortly before leaving office, the former president established the 1776 Commission. It was formed to control narratives about the history

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Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

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The International Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Epidemiology

September 26, 2022September 22, 2022 Christopher D. E. Willoughby slave trade, slavery

In Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs tells a new origin story for epidemiology.

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CFP: Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy

September 23, 2022September 18, 2022 AAIHS Editors black intellectuals, CFP, democracy, Intellectual History, intellectuals, Protest, race

Since the founding of the United States, Black intellectuals have questioned the limits of American democracy. While in the past

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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

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