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Policing Black Lives: A New Book on State Violence in Canada

October 10, 2017October 14, 2017 Julie Hawks Canada, police brutality, police violence

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

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Tips for Writing Successful AAIHS Conference Proposals

October 8, 2017October 10, 2017 Chris Cameron #AAIHS2018

In this post, I provide some strategies for writing a successful proposal for our third annual conference scheduled to take

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Calculating the Cost of Hurricanes in the Caribbean

October 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Sasha Turner Caribbean, colonialism, Cuba, imperialism, slavery, tourism

“The turquoise waters still glimmer in the bright sun, and the beaches remain breezy and alluring.” So begins a recent

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Race, Racism, and Southern Myths

October 4, 2017October 8, 2017 William Sturkey Jim Crow, Migration, police brutality, Post-Civil War, Racial Violence, racism, reconstruction, slavery, South, white supremacy

In 2010, two historians edited a collection of thirteen essays written by white historians about “The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism.”

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Intersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell

October 2, 2017October 5, 2017 Erica Williams Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, health, intersectionality, South America

In today’s post, Erica L. Williams, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, interviews Kia Lilly Caldwell about her new

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