“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba
[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.
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Memory
Birmingham in Five Acts
Beginnings John T. Milner had big goals for a new railroad connecting north and south Alabama. The man just named
Read moreBlack Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16
We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find
Read moreCelebrating Living Memory
It is that time of year when many of us celebrate all of the ways that coming together brings us
Read moreFree Blacks and the Haitian Revolution in Cartagena and Charleston (John Garrison Marks)
Today’s guest post comes from John Garrison Marks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Rice University. His
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