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Evidence of Being: A New Book On Black Gay Cultural Production

December 14, 2018December 24, 2018 J. T. Roane Activism, LGBT, Racial Violence

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

Black Lives Matter, Black Power, and the Role of White Allies

December 12, 2018December 24, 2018 Say Burgin Activism, black lives matter

The Movement for Black Lives has revived many familiar debates, one of which revolves around the question of the role

Gynecology and the Ungendering of Black Women

December 4, 2018December 7, 2018 Alejandro S. Escalante #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackonBothSides, black lives matter, Gender, race, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of our online roundtable on C. Riley Snorton’s Black on Both Sides. The author discusses the first chapter: ‘Anatomically Speaking:

Frederick Douglass’s Childhood of “Extremes”

November 27, 2018December 3, 2018 David Blight Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum, Resistance, slavery

*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass possessed an extraordinary memory. By all

‘The Captive’s Quest for Freedom’: An Interview with Historian Richard Blackett

November 16, 2018November 20, 2018 Rachel Zellars black protest, Canada, fugitivity, law, slave trade, slavery

In today’s post, Rachel Zellars, contributor for Black Perspectives, interviews historian Richard Blackett, about his new book, The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive