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The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 Tyler Parry black feminism, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race

In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.

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University of Texas’s Racial Geography Tour: A Review

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021 Hilary Green Black women, education, Gender, geography, Historical Memory, race, racism, slavery, white supremacy

In the process of reconciling the history of institutional racism, colleges and universities have turned to race-cognizant tours to acknowledge

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The Multiple Layers of the Carceral State

January 11, 2021January 10, 2021 Dan Berger #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, mass incarceration, prisons

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Robert Chase’s We Are

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Women’s Experiences during the American Civil War

January 8, 2021January 3, 2021 Robert Colby Black women, book review, Civil War, Gender, slavery

In the winter of 1863 and 1864, with the Civil War entering its third year, two women living in Southeastern

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Lunchtime Book Talk with Author Brandon R. Byrd

December 7, 2020December 6, 2020 AAIHS Editors #TheBlackRepublic

Friday, December 11, 2020 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites readers to attend a lunchtime

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