Intellectual Identity - AAIHS

Colored No More: A New Book on Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.

April 15, 2017April 18, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Black women

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Davarian Baldwins keynote address et AAIHS 2017. Photo: Brandon Byrd/Twitter.

A Conference Goes Onward and Upward: Reflections on #AAIHS2017

April 6, 2017April 8, 2017 Robert Greene II #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference

I consider myself fortunate to have attended the first two conferences held by the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS).

Plenary talk on Abolitionism and Black Intellectual History. Photo: Brandon Byrd/Twitter.

#AAIHS2017: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 2.0

March 27, 2017March 30, 2017 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference, W.E.B. Du Bois

I recently attended the second annual AAIHS meeting at Vanderbilt University. I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural

Black Women Communists and Pan-Africanism: An Interview with Minkah Makalani

March 25, 2017March 29, 2017 Richard Mares #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Communism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Richard Mares, an editorial assistant at Black Perspectives and Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, interviews Minkah Makalani about his recent article in

Howard University and the Dream Sequence

March 23, 2017March 27, 2017 Josh Myers black politics, black radical tradition, freedom

The idea of “the Dream Sequence” was introduced to me by Howard alum and former professor Acklyn Lynch, a figure