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Ownership and Access: The Ebony and Jet Magazines Archive

September 6, 2019August 30, 2019 Jessica Parr archives, black intellectual history, MEDIA, publishing, race

In early July, the imminent auction of the Ebony/Jet archives made the news. Priceless collections of photographs and other documents

How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment

September 4, 2019August 31, 2019 AAIHS Editors Activism, Los Angeles, New York, organizing, police violence, policing, racism, urban history, violence

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

Online Roundtable–Upending the Ivory Tower: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Ivy League

September 3, 2019September 4, 2019 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, #UpendingTheIvoryTower

September 9–13, 2019 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Civil and Human

Freedom Without Citizenship, Reconciliation without Reparations

September 3, 2019August 30, 2019 Westenley Alcenat black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, economic justice, Jim Crow, race, Race and Economic History, racism, slavery, white supremacy

This post is part two of a two-part commentary/analysis on Black citizenship after Reconstruction. Read part one here: “Deferred Freedom