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Black Washingtonians in the Fight for Equality: An Interview with Maurice Jackson

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025 Robert Greene II Washington DC

In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, assistant professor of history at Claflin University and President of AAIHS, interviews historian

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How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made

February 10, 2025February 8, 2025 Calvin Schermerhorn slavery, Virginia

John Custis IV was in the upper crust of colonial Virginia. The planter and politician turned sixty in 1738, and

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Global Guyana: An Interview with Oneka LaBennett

January 29, 2025January 26, 2025 Kiana Knight Afro-Caribbean, Caribbean, Guyana

In today’s post, Kiana M. Knight, managing editor of Black Perspectives and a PhD candidate in Africana Studies at Brown

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AAIHS 2025 Conference–Registration is Now Open!

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 AAIHS Editors slavery

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our tenth annual conference! Please visit our conference website

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The First and Last King of Haiti: An Interview with Marlene L. Daut

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 Nathalie Frédéric Pierre Haiti, Haitian Revolution

In today’s post, Nathalie Frédéric Pierre, Assistant Professor of History at Howard University, interviews renowned historian Marlene L. Daut about her

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