The Connections Between Urban Development and Colonialism
This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. “It’s kind of manifest destiny…now the marketplace and the city has
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Slavery
The Weeping Time: A New Book on the Largest Slave Auction
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Medical Bondage: A New Book on Race, Gender, and Gynecology
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Faith, Myths, and Black Prometheus
In A Black Theology of Liberation, James H. Cone controversially asserted, “If God is not for us, if God is not
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Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana
Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to
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