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Afro-Brazilians and Contemporary Lynchings in Brazil

April 19, 2018April 24, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, lynching, Racial Violence, violence, white supremacy

In historical understandings of racial violence against African Americans in the United States, lynching typically summons imagery of white crime

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The Lost Black Scholar: A New Book on the Pioneering Anthropologist Allison Davis

April 18, 2018April 21, 2018 J. T. Roane Chicago, civil rights, education, Jim Crow

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

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Claiming Freedom: A New Book on the Transition from Slavery to Emancipation in Georgia

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Keisha N. Blain economic justice, Georgia

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

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Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut

April 14, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain civil rights, economic justice, environment, landownership, racism, Resistance

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

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Online Roundtable: Ashley Farmer’s Remaking Black Power

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 AAIHS Editors #RemakingBlackPower

April 23-27, 2018 Black Perspectives is collaborating with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights (JCHR)* to host a roundtable on Ashley D.

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