Black history - AAIHS

Black Power Revisited: A CBFS Interview

February 25, 2022February 24, 2022 Erik Wallenberg black nationalism, Black Panthers, Black Power, masculinity, Republic of New Afrika

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

Mystic Stories From The Sketchbooks of Henry Ossawa Tanner

February 24, 2022February 23, 2022 Kwabena Slaughter black art, Christianity, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Storytelling, Writing

In addition to making paintings, Henry Ossawa Tanner also expressed his creativity by writing stories. Most of them sit silently

State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed

Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics, and Internationalism

February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 William Hogue black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black radicalism, religion

Often the history of radical Black Christians seems to jump from Abolition to Civil Rights with very little in between.

Tuskegee’s Civilizing Mission

February 21, 2022February 20, 2022 Kenneth Smith black internationalism, Pan-Africanism

From his academic career at the Hampton Institute (1872-1875) in Virginia until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington preached