Search Results for: civil rights era

Biographies of Women and Emancipation in the Americas

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Vanessa M. Holden Activism, African Diaspora, Black women, Gender, Resistance

Last fall, many people waited anxiously for the results of the U. S. elections. From Tuesday, November 3rd through Saturday,

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Online Forum: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

February 10, 2021February 14, 2021 AAIHS Editors #AudreLorde

February 15-19, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a week-long online forum to

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Henry Aaron and American Memory

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Robert Greene II Activism, Baseball, Henry Aaron, Jackie Robinson

The recent death of Henry Aaron sparked remembrances of both his legendary playing career and his longer fight for civil

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A Family History of British Empire

February 5, 2021January 30, 2021 Mary Hicks African Diaspora, black feminism, Black women, Caribbean

“Where are you from?”—The deceptively simple question looms over the sprawling narrative of Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands,

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Law Enforcement’s Double Standards for Black Radical Activists

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

Many Americans were appalled to watch the Donald Trump inspired coup attempt against Congress. That Trump instigated his followers and

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