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Roundtable on Black Women’s Intellectual History Day 6: Martha Jones Responds

June 5, 2015June 7, 2015 Lauren Kientz Anderson review of black women's intellectual history

by Martha Jones University of Michigan This is the sixth and final day of our roundtable reviewing the book Toward a History of

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Locating and Connecting Latin America and the African Diaspora

May 27, 2015May 28, 2015 Chris Cameron

A few months ago, Greg Childs explored the connections between African Diaspora and Latin American historiography, noting the need for

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Why did Nat Turner “confess”?

April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Patrick Rael Henry Highland Garnet, Nat Turner, William Lloyd Garrison

Turner sought to carry on in words the work he had begun with a sword. This blog has been blessed

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A Bibliography of African American Freethought

March 5, 2015March 13, 2015 Chris Cameron

Over the past two years, I have been conducting research for a book project on African American freethought, an orientation

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Women’s History Month: The Legacy of the Fight over the 15th Amendment

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Noelle Trent Fifteenth Amendment, Frederick Douglass

                     During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across

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