Search Results for: Black Power

The 1968 Occupation of Black Wilmington

October 3, 2018October 8, 2018 Say Burgin black politics

On April 8, 1968, several hundred residents of Wilmington, the largest city in the state of Delaware, marched through the

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Black Rights and Black Citizenship in Antebellum Baltimore

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Adam McNeil Activism, archives, Baltimore, freedom, race, racism

Throughout my life, I have grappled with the precarious and vulnerable nature of Black life in the United States and

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‘Upending the Ivory Tower’: A New Book on the Black Student Movement

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Black Power, Black Power Studies, education, education reform

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

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Race, Comics, and the Black Intellectual Tradition

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Matthew Teutsch #comicsandrace, comics

In 1990, comics writer Dwayne McDuffie brought the character Deathlok, a cyborg, back to the pages of the Marvel Universe.

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Online Forum: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee

October 1, 2018October 17, 2018 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, Activism, black politics, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, police violence, racism, Resistance, Unseen Light

October 8-12, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a week-long online forum based

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