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Black Social Gospel, Radical Politics, and Internationalism

February 22, 2022February 21, 2022 William Hogue black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black radicalism, religion

Often the history of radical Black Christians seems to jump from Abolition to Civil Rights with very little in between.

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Shades of Black: Ethnic Diversity in Black American Religious Life

February 15, 2022February 14, 2022 Kijan Bloomfield #AAIHSRoundtable, #PewResearchForum, race, religion

*This post is part of our online forum with the Pew Research Center. Church Avenue is a vibrant commercial artery

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Paul Robeson–The Revolutionary

February 8, 2022February 7, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky Activism, black intellectual history, Black radicalism

It was reported in his New York Times obituary that Paul Robeson became a “virtual recluse” by the time of his death

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Why Black AIDS History Matters

February 7, 2022February 6, 2022 Dan Royles Activism, black lives matter, black protest

As we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, it might be easy to forget that in early 2020

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Call for Submissions: The Gary National Political Convention of 1972

February 4, 2022February 3, 2022 Robert Greene II Amiri Baraka, Black National Convention, Black Politicians, black politics, Gary

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites blog posts centering on the Gary

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