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Mary Church Terrell’s Influence on Black History Month

February 21, 2024February 20, 2024 Joshua L. Crutchfield black intellectual history, Black women, education

As we celebrate Black History Month, we rightly credit Carter G. Woodson as a pivotal figure who dedicated his life

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Why did Nat Turner “confess”?

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 Patrick Rael black protest, Resistance, South

This article was originally published on April 29, 2015. Turner sought to carry on in words the work he had

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National Freedom Day Kicks Off Black History Month

January 18, 2024January 16, 2024 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black intellectual history, black radical tradition, freedom

In the United States, there is a history of African American holidays, festivals, and celebrations. Scholars such as William H. Wiggins, Jr., Angela

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Why Black People Believe the End is Near

October 31, 2023October 24, 2023 Benjamin Baker black intellectual history, racism, religion

Recently Pew Research Center released the results of a study on “How Religion Intersects with Americans’ Views on the Environment.” In it,

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Black Reconstruction in the Twenty-First Century

October 24, 2023October 18, 2023 Lacey P. Hunter 19th Century, American Civil War, American Democracy, citizenship, Civil Rights Movement, Voting Rights

  Peniel E. Joseph, The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Basic Books,

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