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Poll Power: A New Book about the Voter Education Project

May 17, 2019May 7, 2019 J. T. Roane 0 Comments
civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, South, voting

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

Mack Ingram and the Policing of Black Sexuality

May 7, 2019May 5, 2019 Denise Lynn 1 Comment
Activism, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Gender, Jim Crow, race, Racial Violence, racism, white supremacy

In 1951, Mack Ingram was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to two years of hard labor for looking at a

Challenging Jim Crow in New York City

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 AAIHS Editors 0 Comments
civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, New York

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

Medgar Evers’s Legacy of Organizing in Mississippi

April 15, 2019April 6, 2019 William Sturkey 0 Comments
Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Politics

Although Medgar Evers is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Civil Rights Movement, many people do not

The Modern Black Convention Movement and Black Youth Leadership

April 2, 2019March 31, 2019 Dara Walker 0 Comments
#NationWithinANation, Activism, black nationalism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within

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