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Pauli Murray and the Need for Racial Reckoning

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020 Barbara Lau and Robin Kirk Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, education, Gender, race, racism, Resistance, sexuality, South

Confederate monuments are toppling across the nation following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans.

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Presented by the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) Wednesday, October 14th – 7pm/EST The aim of this webinar is

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Remembering Wilma Rudolph, the “Queen of the Olympics”

October 2, 2020October 5, 2020 Scott N. Brooks & Aram Goudsouzian sports

Vilma! Vilma! Vilma! On September 8, 1960, Rome’s Stadio Olimpico rumbled with exuberant cheers as the crowd celebrated the woman

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Claudia Jones and the Price of Anticommunism

September 30, 2020September 27, 2020 Denise Lynn Black women, Communism, Communist Party

Between 1949 to 1958 dozens of Communist Party (CPUSA) leaders were tried, some were convicted, and several served prison terms.

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Race in Contemporary America: An Interview with Historian Elwood Watson

September 29, 2020September 27, 2020 Tyler Parry Donald Trump, Election, Politics, social justice

In today’s post, senior editor Tyler D. Parry interviews Elwood Watson about his new book, Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in

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