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Martin Luther King Jr. and Milwaukee: 200 Nights and a Tragedy

April 2, 2018April 7, 2018 Mark Speltz Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. The tragic murder of Dr.

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Online Forum: Martin Luther King Jr. and American Cities

March 25, 2018April 3, 2018 AAIHS Editors Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on Martin Luther King Jr. and American Cities. Organized

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Bringing W. E. B. Du Bois Home Again

February 23, 2018March 1, 2018 Whitney Battle-Baptiste #AAIHSRoundtable, #DuBoisForum, black intellectual history, black politics, black protest, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. The year 1968 was one of the most memorable

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A More Beautiful and Terrible History: A New Book on the Civil Rights Movement

January 22, 2018January 25, 2018 Ibram X. Kendi civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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François Duvalier and the Misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2018January 20, 2018 Brandon Byrd Caribbean, Haiti, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., violence

On the morning of April 9, 1968, the Haitian political elite joined the US diplomatic core in the Port-au-Prince Cathedral.

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