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What ‘Defund the Police’ Really Means

March 3, 2021February 28, 2021 Simon Balto

In late 1969, Fred Hampton issued a call to defund the police, if in different terms than those currently in

Demonizing Diversity Training Isn’t New

November 25, 2020November 22, 2020 Say Burgin Black Power, military, race, racism, white supremacy

In September, President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning “diversity training” in federal agencies. He justified it by saying

Lunchtime Book Talk with Author Garrett Felber

November 17, 2020November 19, 2020 AAIHS Editors

Friday, November 20, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites readers to attend a lunchtime

Airbrushing Revolution for the Sake of Abolition

July 20, 2020August 12, 2020 Joy James Black Power, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Resistance

In their July 2020, post “Was Angela Davis a Panther?” the Black Revolutionary Guard (BRG) asks and answers a query raised

Free the Land– A New Book About the Republic of New Afrika

July 3, 2020June 28, 2020 AAIHS Editors Black Power, Black radicalism, Resistance

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