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Black Power and the Detroit High School Organizing Tradition

January 11, 2018January 15, 2018 Dara Walker #StudentActivismForum, black politics, Detroit, education, student activism

This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The sight of National Guard tanks rolling down the streets of Detroit

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Black Studies, Activism, and Digital History: An Interview with Abdul Alkalimat

January 8, 2018January 10, 2018 Russell Rickford archives, Chicago, digital media

This month I interviewed the scholar-activist Abdul Alkalimat (born Gerald McWorter) about his new website and his life of scholarship

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Black Perspectives: Our Top 15 Blog Posts in 2017

December 29, 2017January 2, 2018 AAIHS Editors

In 2017, Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), continued to grow as a prominent voice within

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Black Women’s Efforts to Combat Food Insecurity

December 11, 2017December 14, 2017 Ashley Farmer Activism, Black women, economic justice, food, student activism

Last month, students at Spelman and Morehouse Colleges ended their two-week hunger strike designed to raise awareness about food insecurity

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Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

December 5, 2017December 21, 2017 Guy Emerson Mount capitalism, economic justice

When I first heard about the “#BankBlack movement” I knew I smelled a rat. So I wrote about it. After reading Mehrsa

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