Search Results for: abolition

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez and the African American Community of New Orleans during the Civil War

October 19, 2022October 13, 2022 Anthony J. Cade II abolition, Civil War, Louis Charles Roundanez, Newspapers, slavery

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez lived an extraordinary life. He traveled the world, earned two medical degrees, started two newspapers, and was an activist during

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Conference 2023 – General Information

Groups marching to demand climate and racial justice. (Photo by: Steve Sanchez)   #AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Dreams

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 Danielle L. McGuire #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. When Andrew Young, the US

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Online Forum–Black Women and Brown v. Board of Education

September 30, 2022October 3, 2022 AAIHS Editors #BlackWomenBOE, Brown v. Board, Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, education

October 10, 2022 to October 14, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is hosting an

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Teaching Black Perspectives

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 Julia W. Bernier 1619, 1619 Project, Black History, Black Perspectives, Critical Race Theory, CRT, pedagogy, teaching

Shortly before leaving office, the former president established the 1776 Commission. It was formed to control narratives about the history

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