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Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

September 19, 2018September 25, 2018 Vanessa M. Holden Marriage, Post-Civil War, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

A recent NPR article entitled “Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting The Marriage Business” ⁠included a photo of two African American

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‘Back to Black’: A New Book on Black Radicalism

September 18, 2018September 19, 2018 Keisha N. Blain black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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‘In a Classroom of Their Own’: A New Book on All-Black Male Schools

August 31, 2018September 2, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw black feminism, education, racism

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Why I Read ‘Black Perspectives’

August 6, 2018August 4, 2018 Derrick P. Alridge black intellectual history, Why I Read 'Black Perspectives'

When I began studying Black thought and ideas many years ago, African American intellectual history was not yet a cohesive

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Sandra Bland, Black Women, and Texas Law Enforcement

July 13, 2018July 16, 2018 Tyina Steptoe #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, police brutality, police violence, Sandra Bland

This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes

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