Barack Obama and People who Need People
Two weeks ago, President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address. In the run up to the
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Celebrating Two Years at AAIHS
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a man of immeasurable courage and vision. We
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“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba
[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.
Read moreBlack Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16
We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find
Read moreWhen Slaves Go on Strike: W.E.B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction 80 Years Later
Slaves freed themselves. With this majestic assertion in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois all but cemented Black Reconstruction as one of
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