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Billie Holiday and the Black Arts Movement

December 7, 2022December 5, 2022 Whit Frazier Peterson Billie Holiday, Black Arts Movement, Blues, jazz, music

The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was a controversial, politically charged cultural uprising, which James Smethurst, in his eponymous study of

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Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackFamily

 This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,

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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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