Featured Posts - AAIHS - Page 146

The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 Tyler Parry black feminism, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race

In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.

Read more

University of Texas’s Racial Geography Tour: A Review

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021 Hilary Green Black women, education, Gender, geography, Historical Memory, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

In the process of reconciling the history of institutional racism, colleges and universities have turned to race-cognizant tours to acknowledge

Read more

Blog Announcement: New Editors and Bloggers

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 AAIHS Editors aaihs

The editing team of Black Perspectives is excited to begin the new year! Thank you for supporting us over these past

Read more

We Are Not Slaves — An Author’s Response

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Robert T. Chase #AAIHSRoundtable, #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, Gender, Jim Crow, oral history, prisons, race, racism, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery, violence, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. On Friday, January 15, at 12noon

Read more

Looking Back: Convict Leasing and the Trusty System

January 14, 2021January 11, 2021 Charlene J. Fletcher #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, mass incarceration, prisons, sexuality

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Over the past four

Read more