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African Americans and the State Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

This is an interview with Black Perspectives blogger Karen Cook Bell, Professor of History and the Wilson H. Elkins Endowed Professor

On January 10, 2022, a group of young mostly Black and Latinx cyclists known as Everyones Rideout took over a portion of Interstate

Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad

In October 1969, sociology professor Nathan Hare spoke at a press conference at San Francisco State College, home of the