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Harlem as Setting and Symbol

June 6, 2019June 16, 2019 LaShawn Harris Activism, black politics, culture, gentrification, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance

Examining Harlem’s long career as “setting and symbol” of African American and Diasporic life and culture, Race Capital?: Harlem as Setting

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Online Forum: What is African American Intellectual History?

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 AAIHS Editors #RethinkingAAIH, black intellectual history, Black political thought, intellectual

June 10-14, 2019 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum titled “What is

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The Collectivist Roots of Madam C. J. Walker’s Philanthropy

May 20, 2019May 19, 2019 Tyrone McKinley Freeman #WalkerCentennial, Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, Madam CJ Walker, race

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death.  Madam

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‘Dockworker Power’: Transnational Struggles for Justice

May 16, 2019May 6, 2019 Ralph Callebert Activism, black internationalism, black protest, labor, race, Racial Capitalism, Resistance, South Africa

Dockworkers are a favorite subject for many labor historians—including myself. Historically, they have proven themselves reliably radical and strike-prone, and

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Bill Bruton’s Fight for the Full Integration of Baseball

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Louis Moore base, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Resistance, sports

As the 2019 baseball season is among us and Major League Baseball (MLB) is doing its annual dance with Jackie

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