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George Hackett, Baltimore’s Birthright Citizen

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 Martha S. Jones #AAIHSRoundtable, #contestedcitizenship, black politics

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

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Introduction to “Contested Citizenship” Roundtable

August 2, 2021August 3, 2021 Lisa A. Monroe #AAIHSRoundtable, #contestedcitizenship, black lives matter, education

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

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Life Lessons from Georgetown’s Basketball Coach John Thompson

May 18, 2021June 5, 2021 Maurice Jackson black protest, sports

John Thompson Jr. often said, “I tell everyone I speak two languages fluently—English and profanity.” He used language and stories

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Race, Digital Humanities, and New Technological Frontiers

March 30, 2021April 18, 2021 Jessica Parr Activism, Black women, race, racism

Readers of Black Perspectives are undoubtedly aware of conversations around tech, gender, and race. (And if you are unfamiliar with

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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

March 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Aisha Djelid book review, Gender, masculinity, police violence, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, slavery

The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for

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