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Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A New Book on the Idea of Reparations

January 5, 2018January 8, 2018 Julie Hawks reparations

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Race, Injustice, and Philosophy: An Interview with Tommie Shelby

January 2, 2018January 5, 2018 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, capitalism, economic justice, housing, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, social justice

This month I interviewed Tommie Shelby on his most recent book, Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform (Harvard University Press, 2016) and his

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2017 in Review: Top Posts on Black Women’s History

December 28, 2017January 2, 2018 AAIHS Editors

In 2017, Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), featured a wide variety of pieces, including articles that

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Centrist Liberalism and the Myths of the American Past

December 13, 2017December 18, 2017 Westenley Alcenat Donald Trump, Immigration, Racial Capitalism, reconstruction, Trumpism, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

We are now a full year into the Trump Administration, and a serious ideological challenge has yet to be leveled

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A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States

November 30, 2017December 4, 2017 Kasturi "Rumu" DasGupta economic justice, prisons, Race and Economic History, segregation, slavery

This post is part of our online forum on Race, Property, and Economic History. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in early September (2017) that

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