Black Political Thought - AAIHS

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: An Interview

February 28, 2023February 26, 2023 Lucien Baskin black intellectual history, CBFS, Civil Rights Movement

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

Queen Latifah and the Legacies of Black Power

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Mickell Carter Black Power, hip hop, music, Pan-African, Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is renowned for her dynamic acting roles in films and TV series

Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, police brutality, police violence

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns

HBCUs and the Red Scare

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023 Candace Cunningham Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, South

In the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education, racial tensions rose as African Americans began immediately submitting school desegregation

Reconsidering Black Reform Work in the Interwar Period: A Retrospective on Canaan, Dim and Far

February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 Adam Lee Cilli #CananDim, labor, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Courier, Urban League

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Panic had taken hold