Online Roundtable–The Evolution of the Black Freedom Struggle
July 14th to July 18th, 2025 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is
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Featured Books
Black Women’s Faith and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement
In 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly published Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who
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The Remains of Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa
In Apartheid Remains, geographer and interdisciplinary scholar Sharad Chari deftly navigates the sedimented terrain of twentieth-century South African apartheid and
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Carceral Apartheid: An Interview with Brittany Friedman
In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, the President of AAIHS and Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews award-winning
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Accepting Submissions for the 2026 Pauli Murray Book Prize
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Pauli Murray Book Prize. Named after lawyer,
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