Online Roundtable–Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s ‘The Families’ Civil War’
Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’
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Book Review
Race, Religion, and The History Behind ‘Heathen’
Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, by Kathryn Gin Lum, argues that the label of “heathen” denotes a broad
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New England’s Unsung Black Liberation Movement
Zebulon Miletsky’s impressive book project, Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, weaves together 350 years of
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Black Religion and Political Thought
In the era of Black Lives Matter, Black political thought has acquired renewed interest and attention. As recurring incidents of
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Immunity, Capitalism, and the Antebellum New Orleans
Many believed that Union soldiers stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, would soon die. Both Union soldiers and city residents expected
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