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Paul Robeson–The Revolutionary

February 8, 2022February 7, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky Activism, black intellectual history, Black radicalism

It was reported in his New York Times obituary that Paul Robeson became a “virtual recluse” by the time of his death

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Why Black AIDS History Matters

February 7, 2022February 6, 2022 Dan Royles Activism, black lives matter, black protest

As we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, it might be easy to forget that in early 2020

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Call for Submissions: The Gary National Political Convention of 1972

February 4, 2022February 3, 2022 Robert Greene II Amiri Baraka, Black National Convention, Black Politicians, black politics, Gary

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites blog posts centering on the Gary

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Until I Am Free: Teaching Fannie Lou Hamer Past and Present

February 3, 2022February 2, 2022 Nicole M. Gipson black politics, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer, SNCC

  What we don’t know about the real life of the civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer could fill a

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The Black Radical Tradition in *The Dawn of Everything*

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 Kevin Suemnicht black intellectual history, black lives matter, slavery

Amidst ongoing racial injustice, the threat of global climate change, and the disappointing aftermath of the George Floyd Rebellion, is

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