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An Unseen Light: A New Book on the Black Freedom Struggle in Memphis

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Civil Rights Movement, culture, Gender, Memphis, religion, Resistance, Social Movements, South

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

Abolitionism and Slave Resistance: An Interview with Manisha Sinha and Sasha Turner

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 AAIHS Editors Black women, Caribbean, Gender, race, slavery

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black

Haiti, Cultural Politics, and US Occupation

April 18, 2018April 24, 2018 Karen Cook Bell black intellectual history, Haiti, imperialism, literature, poetry

Haiti’s intellectual dissidents played an instrumental role in advocating the Haitianization of Haiti–the embrace of Haitian culture, peasant life, and

Re-Writing Black Gendered Stories

April 17, 2018April 21, 2018 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, blackness, Gender

For some years, I’ve written social histories of Black men on death row. The objective is to provide a social

Claiming Freedom: A New Book on the Transition from Slavery to Emancipation in Georgia

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Keisha N. Blain economic justice, Georgia

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