Black Political Thought - AAIHS

Black Women, Mental Health, and Slow Violence

July 10, 2018July 12, 2018 Alaina Morgan #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, Black women, police brutality, police violence, Sandra Bland

This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes historical

Black Resistance to Segregation in the Nineteenth Century

July 5, 2018July 9, 2018 Jessica Parr Black women, law, New York, segregation

In 1852, the Third Avenue Railroad Company was founded. It ran between City Hall and 62nd Street in Manhattan. Its

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. George K. Warren. Photo: National Archives and Records Administration/Wikipedia.

Frederick Douglass on the Fourth of July

July 4, 2018July 6, 2018 AAIHS Editors Frederick Douglass, slavery

*The following post is an abridged version of Fredrick Douglass‘ famed speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?,”

Black Women, History, and the Democratic Party

July 3, 2018July 9, 2018 Millington Bergeson-Lockwood Activism, black politics, Black women, electoral politics, Jim Crow

On May 30, 2018, Axios published an article announcing, “Black women feel slighted by the Democrats.” The article explains how African

Online Forum: Remembering Sandra Bland

July 2, 2018July 9, 2018 AAIHS Editors #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, Sandra Bland

*July 9-13, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on Sandra Bland