Search Results for: Civil War

CFP: Howard Thurman’s Spiritual and Intellectual Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement

January 27, 2023January 23, 2023 AAIHS Editors CFP, Civil Rights Movement, Howard Thurman, Mysticism, Online Forum, religion

Gregory Ellison’s recently published edited volume on Howard Thurman explores the varied roles that the theologian, mystic, professor, and preacher

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Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward

November 14, 2016November 12, 2016 Stephen G. Hall black politics, Black women, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, NAACP

In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews  Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and

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Ella Jenkins and Sonic Civil Rights Pedagogy

April 25, 2025April 24, 2025 Gayle F. Wald

Ella Jenkins sat smiling in her wheelchair, ready to greet her public. It was noon on August 4, 2024, and

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Announcing the AAIHS 2025 Award Winners

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 AAIHS Editors #AAIHS2025, conference

We are pleased to announce the 2025 AAIHS award winners—recipients of the Pauli Murray Book Prize, the Maria Stewart Journal Article

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Black Women and Religion during the Civil Rights Movement: An Interview with AnneMarie Mingo

February 6, 2025February 5, 2025 Aaron Pride Black Religion, Black women, civil rights, Womanist Theology

In today’s post, Dr. Aaron Pride, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Lafayette College, interviews renowned scholar of religion Dr. AnneMarie

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