“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba
[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.
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Birmingham in Five Acts
Beginnings John T. Milner had big goals for a new railroad connecting north and south Alabama. The man just named
Read moreAbolition in the New Year
Far more people probably know the importance of January 1, 1863 than they do the significance of January 1, 1808.
Read moreBlack Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16
We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find
Read moreThe Early Scholarship of John Hope Franklin
The famed European historian, A.J.P. Taylor, remarked that “nothing is inevitable until it happens.” John Hope Franklin, who throughout a
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