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Gamifying Historical Events

November 18, 2021November 17, 2021 Jessica Parr Gamification, History, K-12, slavery, teaching

Games and gamification of historical events have been popular pedagogical tools in classrooms for years, and have generated countless discussions

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The Familial Fight Against Racism

November 17, 2021November 16, 2021 Holly Pinheiro antebellum, Civil War, Gender, labor, Pennsylvania, United States Colored Troops, USCT

  The Civil War remains one of the most discussed and published historical topics. Often, public and academic discourse on

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Race, Environmental Justice, and DOCUMERICA at 50

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 E. James West 1970s, Climate Justice, environmental justice, photography, Urban Studies

In April of this year at a press conference staged in front of the National Mall, Democratic Party politicians Ed

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Enslaved Revolutionary Women: An Author Interview with Karen Cook-Bell

November 9, 2021November 8, 2021 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

On March 5, 1770, a twenty-three-year-old woman, her eight-month-old daughter, and her husband escaped from bondage in Leacock Township in

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Black Networks, Visualization, and Mapping Tools

November 8, 2021November 7, 2021 Maiah Akkerman Letsch #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackAtlantics, Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Gender

*This post is part of our roundtable “Digital Black Atlantics.” The use of software and visualizations has never been so prominent in

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