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David Walker and the Problem of American Consensus

February 7, 2017April 8, 2017 Chernoh Sesay Jr. black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, emancipation, racism, slavery

There are many different ways to teach the historical development of African American political history. One way is in the

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History As A Communal Act: The History of Black History Month

February 1, 2017January 30, 2018 Stephen G. Hall black intellectual history

African Americans have always imagined and constructed history as a communal act. At the inception of the African American historical

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Black History Month Book Giveaways from Black Perspectives

January 31, 2017February 6, 2017 AAIHS Editors

In celebration of Black History Month, Black Perspectives will be giving away free books to our readers during the month

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Black-Owned Bookstores: Anchors of the Black Power Movement

January 28, 2017January 30, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis black nationalism, black politics, Pan-Africanism

In the summer of 1968, veteran members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) opened a shop in Washington, D.C.,

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Power to the People: Attica and Radical Reconstruction

January 26, 2017January 28, 2017 Russell Rickford #BloodintheWater, carceral state, mass incarceration, police violence

This is the fifth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison

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