African Americans and the Classics: An Introduction
The history of African American engagement with Classical history, literature, and philosophy has been fraught with controversy and complexity. Much
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Online Roundtable: Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming
September 25-30, 2017 Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Africana Religions* to
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Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence
On July 11, 2017, a video circulated throughout social media depicting the San Diego police deploying a canine against an
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New Age Activism: Maria W. Stewart and Black Lives Matter
The 1830s was the high-tide of Jacksonianism, an era many historians consider the nadir of early American history. Although universal
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The Criminalized Majority
by Dan Berger and David Stein “Everyone should go to jail, say, once every ten years,” opined novelist and poet
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