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Abolitionism and Slave Resistance: An Interview with Manisha Sinha and Sasha Turner

April 20, 2018April 24, 2018 AAIHS Editors Black women, Caribbean, Gender, race, slavery

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black

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The Lost Black Scholar: A New Book on the Pioneering Anthropologist Allison Davis

April 18, 2018April 21, 2018 J. T. Roane Chicago, civil rights, education, Jim Crow

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Re-Writing Black Gendered Stories

April 17, 2018April 21, 2018 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, blackness, Gender

For some years, I’ve written social histories of Black men on death row. The objective is to provide a social

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Claiming Freedom: A New Book on the Transition from Slavery to Emancipation in Georgia

April 16, 2018April 21, 2018 Keisha N. Blain economic justice, Georgia

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Free the Beaches: A New Book on the Fight for Racial Equality in Connecticut

April 14, 2018April 24, 2018 Keisha N. Blain civil rights, economic justice, environment, landownership, racism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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