Another symbol of the Confederacy falls
Bowdoin College recently declared that it will no longer offer the Jefferson Davis Award to a student excelling in constitutional
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Frederick Douglass’s Compressed, Expanding World
In February 1848, angry Parisians crowded their city’s streets to protest restrictive monarchial policies. The Prime Minister resigned, the king
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Often times when students hear me lecture about the famed Brazilian quilombo (runaway settlement) of Palmares, they want to know
Read moreAfrican American Intellectual History before the American Revolution
As a historian of slavery and colonial America, I have to admit I was a bit taken aback when asked
Read moreState of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100
At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
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