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Science, Feminism, and Black Liberation: An Interview with Sam Anderson

January 5, 2021January 3, 2021 Emily Hamilton #SamAnderson, Activism, education, Sciences, teaching

Emily Hamilton interviewed Sam Anderson in early December, 2019. Sam Anderson is a Brooklyn, New York, native and a founding

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Appalachian Hillsides as Black Ecologies: Housing, Memory, and The Sanctified Hill Disaster of 1972

June 16, 2020June 14, 2020 Jillean McCommons #BlackEcologies, Activism, Black Ecologies, environment, geography, Historical Memory, oral history, primary source, race, racism

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane.

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Voices of Freedom Outside the South: An Oral History Resource

July 23, 2019July 15, 2019 Say Burgin archives, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement, education, oral history, race, teaching

Some of my most exciting moments as an educator have been seeing how students engage with oral histories from the

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Black Queer Southern Women: A New Book in Oral History

January 25, 2019January 29, 2019 J. T. Roane Black women, LGBT, oral history, sexuality

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

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Black Public History in Chicago

July 30, 2018August 8, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, archives, Black Arts Movement, black politics, Black Power, Chicago, civil rights, museums, Public History

As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II

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