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Everything Man: A New Book About Paul Robeson’s Radical Music Making

February 7, 2020February 2, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black radicalism, music, Paul Robeson, poetry

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

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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

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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

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Rosa Parks on Police Brutality: The Speech We Never Heard

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Say Burgin Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, police brutality, police violence

In 1965, Rosa Parks would have had a lot to say about police brutality. By then, she had left Alabama

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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

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