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Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaks at Florida A&M University, 1967. Source: Black on Campus.

‘Upending the Ivory Tower’: A New Book on the Black Student Movement

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Black Power, Black Power Studies, education, education reform

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

The Persistence of Institutional Sexism in Africana Studies

September 17, 2018September 19, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Black women, education

While institutional racism under the current U.S. administration is identified as being more prominent and therefore more recognizable, institutional sexism, its

‘In a Classroom of Their Own’: A New Book on All-Black Male Schools

August 31, 2018September 2, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw black feminism, education, racism

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

Student Activism and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

August 15, 2018August 27, 2018 Jon Hale civil rights, criminal justice system, law, racism, segregation, South, student activism

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Jon Hale as

Challenging the Boundaries of Women’s History and Beyond

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Sasha Turner academia, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Politics

Earlier this year, the Coordinating Council for Women in History issued a statement condemning the all-white male conference held at