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Black Americans Have Long Led the Global Battle Against White Supremacy

February 24, 2021February 21, 2021 Benjamin Talton

Recent events have exposed a revival of authoritarianism and white supremacy in America. They have been foundational to the country

Biden Has a Unique Opportunity to Undo Years of Education Inequality

February 23, 2021February 21, 2021 Crystal R. Sanders

President Biden has pledged to combat racial inequality and to expand access and lower costs for higher education. These proposed

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Challenge to his Liberal Allies

February 22, 2021February 21, 2021 Jeanne Theoharis

“We do not need allies more devoted to order than to justice,” Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in the spring

Summer 2021 Editorial Internship at ‘Black Perspectives’

February 22, 2021February 21, 2021 AAIHS Editors

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is currently accepting applications for our summer

Audre Lorde And I Were Once Enemies

February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 Kenyon Farrow #AudreLorde, Activism, black feminism, Gender, white supremacy

Audre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote