Confronting Reactionaries: Black Support for The Progressive Party During the Cold War
During the Cold War, progressive voices were being drowned out by the drumbeat of war, as military and political relations
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A New Book on The Life of a Radical Scholar
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Undaunted Resistance: Joseph Lowery and the Spirit of SCLC
Against all odds, a movement for racial justice took hold in mid-20th-century America, emerging from within the racially-heated South, and
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Veil and Vow: Aneeka Ayanna Henderson Discusses Marriage in Contemporary Black Culture
Aneeka Ayanna Henderson is the author of Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture (February 2020) published
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A Faithful Heretic: Joseph Lowery and the Politics of the Mass Movement
A strange land requires a familiar song. That’s why members of the community of faith sing the Lord’s song in
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