Featured Posts - AAIHS

Dominican Crossroads: An Interview with Christina C. Davidson

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 Kiana Knight

In today’s post, Kiana Knight, a PhD candidate in Africana Studies at Brown University, interviews interdisciplinary historian Christiana C. Davidson about

Dorothy Height, NCNW, and the National Black Family Reunion

March 19, 2025March 16, 2025 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Black Family, Family history

Dorothy I. Height and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) organized the National Black Family Reunion beginning in 1986.

Announcing the AAIHS 2025 Award Winners

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 AAIHS Editors #AAIHS2025, conference

We are pleased to announce the 2025 AAIHS award winners—recipients of the Pauli Murray Book Prize, the Maria Stewart Journal Article

Scrapbooking Summer Camp with Yolande Du Bois

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Freeden Blume Oeur & Phillip Luke Sinitiere black childhood, Black Ecologies, Black women

In the depths of winter, the end of the school year seems far off for families and their children. But

Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview with Maurice Jackson

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025 Robert Greene II Washington DC

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, assistant professor of history at Claflin University and President of AAIHS, interviews historian