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Introduction to “Contested Citizenship” Roundtable

August 2, 2021August 3, 2021 Lisa A. Monroe #AAIHSRoundtable, #contestedcitizenship, black lives matter, education

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

Myles Horton, Highlander, and the Beloved Community

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Robert Hunt Ferguson Activism, Civil Rights Movement, education, Jim Crow, Resistance, teaching

On the night of March 29, 2019, an administrative building at the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market,

Online Forum–Contested Citizenship: Legacies of American Slavery

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, black politics, civil rights

August 2, 2021 to August 10, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating

Racial Fascism in the Postwar United States

July 22, 2021July 21, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, Black radicalism, Black women, Jim Crow, police violence

The Communist Party (CPUSA) was a leader in the antifascist left in the 1930s. The Party had a broad

Gloria Richardson and Black Women’s Intellectual History

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Robert Greene II Black women, Civil Rights Movement

Gloria Richardson passed away on July 15, 2021, at the age of 99. Tributes have already poured in for the