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‘The Dawn of Detroit’: An Interview with Historian Tiya Miles

September 20, 2018September 25, 2018 Alaina E. Roberts African Diaspora, Canada, Detroit, race, slave trade

In today’s post, Alaina E. Roberts, the Dietrich Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of

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Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden Marriage, Post-Civil War, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

A recent NPR article entitled “Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business” ⁠included a photo of two African American

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‘Back to Black’: A New Book on Black Radicalism

September 18, 2018September 19, 2018 Keisha N. Blain black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

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

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Documentaries for Teaching African American History since 1865

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 Joshua Clark Davis Black film, film, Jim Crow

Let’s face it: some students do almost no reading in our classes. But even if they seem to rarely crack

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‘Jezebel Unhinged’: A New Book on the Black Female Body in Religion and Culture

September 17, 2018September 18, 2018 J. T. Roane black feminism, Black women, Gender, religion

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

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