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Black Intellectual History and the Long Struggle for Freedom

June 10, 2019June 9, 2019 Chris Cameron #AAIHSRoundtable, #RethinkingAAIH, Activism, archives, black intellectual history, black politics, education, race

*This post is part of our online forum titled “What is African American Intellectual History?“ African American intellectual history has

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David Garrow, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Politics of History

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Nishani Frazier Activism, Black Panther Party, black politics, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, education, Martin Luther King Jr., race, white supremacy

On June 4th, teachers and professors from all around the United States met in Louisville, Kentucky to review Advanced Placement

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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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