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On War and U.S. Slavery: Enslaved Black Women’s Experiences

November 7, 2022October 29, 2022 Karen Cook Bell Black women, Gender, slavery

The experiences of enslaved women and girls in the wars of the United States has garnered increased scholarly attention, most

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CFP: Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy

September 23, 2022September 18, 2022 AAIHS Editors black intellectuals, CFP, democracy, Intellectual History, intellectuals, Protest, race

Since the founding of the United States, Black intellectuals have questioned the limits of American democracy. While in the past

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Behind and Beyond Biography: Writing Black Women’s Lives and Thoughts

May 31, 2022May 30, 2022 Ashley D. Farmer and Tanisha Ford #BlackWomenBio, black intellectual history, Black women, Gender

“I think of invention as a gift to the reader,” writer and professor Bridgett Davis said. The moment you put

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The Consequences of USCT Soldiering

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Civil War, Pension System, reparations, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troop, USCI, USCT

Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An

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Comic Books, Black History, and Education

November 22, 2021November 21, 2021 Matthew Teutsch education, teaching

Instead of “Unjust to the South” stamped on the inside of our books, we have “promotes/ensures patriotic education” typed into

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