Black Political Thought - AAIHS

Online Forum: HBO’s Watchmen

February 4, 2020February 2, 2020 AAIHS Editors #Watchmen, black politics, comic books, comics, film, forum, popular culture, race, television

February 10–13, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on HBO’s hit series

Eldridge Cleaver and the Afterlives of 1968

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 E. James West Black political thought, electoral politics, Politics, presidents

*Fifth and final instalment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential campaign* In the November 7, 1968

Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: A New Book About Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 AAIHS Editors Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Jim Crow, New Negro, Resistance, Washington DC, youth

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Charlotta Bass for Vice-President: America’s Two-Parties and the Black Vote

January 21, 2020August 19, 2020 Denise Lynn Activism, black intellectual history, black politics, Black women, capitalism, Communism, Politics, white supremacy

Social media has brought the culture wars to a larger audience and demonstrates how conservatives have constructed historical narratives to

Martin Luther King Jr. on Making America Great Again

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Justin Rose Activism, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Martin Luther King Jr., Resistance

On February 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. stood before the congregation of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and preached his final