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Frederick Douglass and the Periodization of Reconstruction

April 25, 2019April 22, 2019 Doug Egerton #DouglassForward, black politics, Frederick Douglass, race, Resistance, slavery

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The Futures of Frederick Douglass: An Introduction

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Hélène Quanquin, Cécile Roudeau, and Michaël Roy #DouglassForward, abolitionism, Frederick Douglass, slavery

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Frederick Douglass and Fugitivity

November 26, 2018December 3, 2018 Manisha Sinha Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum, fugitivity, Resistance, slavery

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vision of American Democracy

November 14, 2018November 19, 2018 Karen Cook Bell Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, race

Martin Luther King Jr. approached history with a reverent understanding of the complex relationship between the secular and the sacred.

The Black Convention Movement and Black Politics in Nineteenth-Century America

October 18, 2018November 1, 2018 Stephen Robinson black politics, civil rights, Politics, race

African American leaders throughout the nineteenth century recognized the significance of creating and sustaining national organizations that were built upon