Search Results for: Civil War

Austin Clarke and Canada’s Black Lives Matter Movement

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 Paul Hébert black lives matter, Canada

Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer, died at age 81 on June 26. Clarke was one of Canada’s leading literary figures

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#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,

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Mapping Downtown Asheville Through Protest: Black Lives Matter and Public Spaces

July 22, 2016July 17, 2016 Guest Poster black lives matter, police brutality, police violence

This is a guest post by Nathan H. Dize, a PhD student in the Department of French and Italian at

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“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

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“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force

July 11, 2016July 10, 2016 Guest Poster convict leasing, policing, South

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

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