Pushing the Dual Emancipation Thesis Beyond its Troublesome Origins
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Toward the end of her valuable reinterpretation of southern slave
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The Politics of Poor Whiteness
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Occasionally a book comes along at a timely historical moment.
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Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History
The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the finalists for the first annual Pauli Murray Book
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Slavery and the History of Abolition: An Interview with Manisha Sinha
In today’s post, Rebecca Brenner, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at American University, interviews Manisha Sinha on
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The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Book on Black Women’s Travels Abroad
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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