The Black Convention Movement and Black Politics in Nineteenth-Century America
African American leaders throughout the nineteenth century recognized the significance of creating and sustaining national organizations that were built upon
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Crispus Attucks, American Revolutionary Hero: An Interview with Mitch Kachun
In today’s post, historian Stephen G. Hall, Fellow at the National Humanities Center, interviews Mitch Kachun on his new book First Martyr of
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The Historical Roots of Blues Music
Contrary to what some people believe, the blues is not “slave music.” Although it was cultivated by the descendants of slaves,
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Zoologist Roger Arliner Young and the Politics of Respectability
This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. More than fifty years
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