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Making the Revolution Irresistible: An Interview with Aishah Shahidah Simmons

July 30, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, Activism, black feminism, Black Queers, Black women, Gender, interview, LGBT

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. Keelyn Bradley:

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Starfish and Guerrilla Warfare: Marlon Riggs’s Tongues Untied at 30 Years

July 29, 2019July 28, 2019 Keelyn Bradley #TonguesUntied30, art, Black film, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, race, sexuality, trans identity

*This post is part of our online forum to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of Marlon Riggs’s groundbreaking film, Tongues Untied. During a

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White Women Slave Owners, Economics, and the Law

July 25, 2019September 16, 2019 Terri L. Snyder capitalism, race, Race and Economic History, Racial Violence, racism, slave trade, slavery, South

In a treatise published in 1681, Anglican clergyman Morgan Godwyn, who had ministered to parishes in Virginia and Barbados, recounted

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‘I Have a Copyright’: Interview with Daniel Fleming, Winner of the 2019 Maria Stewart Prize

July 24, 2019July 26, 2019 AAIHS Editors Activism, archives, black politics, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., race

This is an interview with Dr. Daniel Fleming, whose article “‘I Have a Copyright’: The Privatization of Martin Luther King’s

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Selma, The Clergy, and the Limits of Solidarity

July 18, 2019September 16, 2019 Georgia Jackson Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, police brutality, police violence, Politics, race, Racial Violence, racism, religion, Resistance

The church has traditionally been a fundamental part of African American life, a space which could provide stability, strength, and

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