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Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

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

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Civil Rights Organizations, the Black Press, and Ethnic Nationalist Movements in Africa

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Marius Kothor black nationalism, civil rights, colonialism, West Africa

As African societies began to break the shackles of colonial domination during the mid-twentieth century, African Americans looked to these

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The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora

May 22, 2017May 24, 2017 James Padilioni Jr African Diaspora, education

This spring thousands of college students will march across commencement stages to receive their degrees. Many of these students will

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Coretta Scott King, The Archive, and Black Feminist Methods

May 11, 2017May 16, 2017 David Stein archives, black feminism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr.

For someone so prominent, learning about Coretta Scott King’s life and labors apart from those of her late husband is

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The Little Known History of Black Women Using Soda Fountains as Contested Spaces

May 8, 2017May 11, 2017 Ameer Hasan Loggins black protest, civil rights, Jim Crow, racism

The accurate accusation of tone-deafness has been circulating to frame the now-defunct Pepsi ad staring Kendall Jenner. For those who

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