Featured Books - AAIHS

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The Black Press and a Manly Vision for Racial Advancement

January 29, 2019March 31, 2019 Say Burgin black press, book review, masculinity, race

Upon leaving the Nation of Islam (NOI) in March of 1964, Malcolm X spoke publicly about what he called Elijah

‘Worldmaking After Empire’: A New Book about Self-Determination

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 J. T. Roane black internationalism, Black political thought, black politics, Caribbean

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

Black Queer Southern Women: A New Book in Oral History

January 25, 2019January 29, 2019 J. T. Roane Black women, LGBT, oral history, sexuality

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

‘White Rebels in Black’: An Interview with Priscilla Layne

January 24, 2019January 29, 2019 Kira Thurman African Diaspora, Black Europe, Germany, race, racism, white supremacy

In today’s post, Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, interviews Priscilla

Fugitive Slaves and the Quest for Freedom

January 24, 2019January 29, 2019 Jessica Parr fugitivity, law, Resistance, slavery

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intended to resolve whether free states had a legal obligation to return fugitive enslaved