The Role of Violence in the Abolitionist Movement
On September 11 1851, George Ford, Nelson Ford, Noah Buley, and Joshua Hammond arrived at William and Eliza Parker’s home
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Online Forum: The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition
August 24, 2020 to August 28, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), will host an online
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How Racist Ideas Shaped the Era of Reconstruction
Growing up, I’ve heard many definitions of the term racism, however just last year I read the best definition to
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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ and the Pitfalls of African Consciousness
African American imaginings of Africa often intermingle with–and help illuminate–intimate hopes and desires for Black life in the United States.
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African American Women and the Building of Educational Institutions
In 1865, just months after the Civil War had ended, the Colored People’s Educational Monument Association (CPEMA) worked to establish
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