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How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made

February 10, 2025February 8, 2025 Calvin Schermerhorn slavery, Virginia

John Custis IV was in the upper crust of colonial Virginia. The planter and politician turned sixty in 1738, and

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AAIHS 2025 Conference–Registration is Now Open!

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 AAIHS Editors slavery

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for our tenth annual conference! Please visit our conference website

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The Best Black History Books of 2024

December 30, 2024December 29, 2024 AAIHS Editors #BlackHistory, bestbooks, books

We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2024! Check out this extraordinary

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Vengeance Feminism: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross

November 20, 2024November 19, 2024 Keisha N. Blain black feminism, Black women, Black Women's History

In today’s post, Dr. Keisha N. Blain, Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, interviews renowned historian Dr.

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The Rejection of CRT in the Southern Baptist Convention

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Rev. Ralph Douglas West Black church, Jim Crow, race, slavery

The May 1995 issue of Christianity Today, included the report of a leading African American voice in the Southern Baptist

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