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A Case for Reparations at the University of Chicago

May 22, 2017December 2, 2017 Guest Poster Chicago, slavery, University of Chicago

Julia Leakes yearned to be reunited with her family.  In 1853, her two sisters showed up for sale along with

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Online Roundtable: Gerald Horne’s Black Radical History

May 14, 2017June 5, 2017 AAIHS Editors #Horne

June 5–10, 2017 Black Perspectives is hosting an online roundtable on Gerald Horne’s wide-ranging scholarly contributions to African American history

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From Dissertation to Book: An Interview with Jill Petty

May 13, 2017May 16, 2017 Keisha N. Blain academic publishing, Book publishing, publishing, scholarly publishing

This month I interviewed Jill Petty about best practices for revising dissertations for publication, book proposals, and the differences between

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The “Woman’s Rights” Man: A New Book on Women in Frederick Douglass’s World

May 1, 2017May 4, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Frederick Douglass

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

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“Haiti for the Haitians”: A Genealogy

April 19, 2017April 22, 2017 Brandon Byrd African Diaspora, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

Recently, I have begun to construct a genealogy of an important–albeit overlooked–phrase, “Haiti for the Haitians.” Last month, I had

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