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Early Black Collegians and the Fight for Full Inclusion

May 24, 2022May 23, 2022 John Frederick Bell black intellectual history, education

This July 7th will mark the 181st anniversary of the formation of the first Black student organization in American higher

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Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part I

April 27, 2022April 26, 2022 Robert Greene II art, black intellectual history, black internationalism, black protest

There are a plethora of books being released this summer which will be of special interest to readers of this

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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Aesthetics of Emancipation

April 21, 2022April 20, 2022 Clay Matlin art, artistic production, Beauty, black artists, W.E.B. Du Bois

“I am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty and for Beauty to set the

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The Black “New South” in Intellectual History 

April 20, 2022April 21, 2022 Robert Greene II Black New South, Historiography, Intellectual History, New South, South

Atlanta protestors and National Guard at Black Lives Matter protest, Atlanta, June 1, 2020 The idea of the New South

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Public History, Autoethnography, and Community: An Interview with Jodi Skipper

April 19, 2022April 18, 2022 Celeste Henery race, slavery, teaching

In today’s post, Celeste Henery, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Jodi Skipper on her new book, Behind the

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