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African American Women on the American Railroad

September 19, 2023August 27, 2023 Daleah B. Goodwin antebellum, travel

Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad

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Robert Smalls and Reconstruction Politics

September 6, 2023August 22, 2023 Karen Cook Bell Civil War, education, Leadership, Politics, reconstruction, Robert Smalls

Reconstruction politics shares a political lineage with the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Both periods sought to fulfill the nation’s mandate

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Philadelphia’s Fight Against Gun Violence, Poverty, and Crime

August 31, 2023August 11, 2023 Menika Dirkson Philadelphia, violence

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

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Hip Hop’s Gay Cousin: House-Structured Ballroom Culture 

August 23, 2023August 18, 2023 Victor Ultra Omni #HipHop50, #HipHopSeries, hip hop

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.”  In early 1989, Friends by R&B singer Jody Watley—featuring hip-hop

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Unsilencing the Haitian Revolution in US Hip Hop

August 22, 2023August 14, 2023 Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall #HipHop50, #HipHopSeries, hip hop

This post is part of our forum on “Hip Hop at 50.”  Haiti got a special place in our history,

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