Making a World: Comics, Meaning, and the Dakotaverse
*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In Milestone Forever, a documentary
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American identity
Lift Every Voice and Sing: On The Power of the Black National Anthem
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a song that most Black Americans of my generation know so deeply that it
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When John Hope Franklin and Pepsi Made a Black History Record
A decade after his death, John Hope Franklin remains among the most prominent historians to ever chronicle the African American
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Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: A New Book in Civil Rights History
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Politics, Public History, and Memory: An Interview with Niya Bates
In today’s post, senior editor J. T. Roane interviews Niya Bates, a native of Charlottesville, Virginia and a two-time graduate of the
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