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Black Gay History and the Fight Against AIDS

December 23, 2017December 29, 2017 Dan Royles Harlem Renaissance, homoeroticism, sexuality

During the 1980s and 1990s, African American AIDS activists used Black gay history as a tool in the fight against AIDS.

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The Race to Preserve African American Radio

December 21, 2017December 27, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Black Power, Civil Rights Movement

What are the sounds of African American history? And how can we preserve those sounds? Those are the central questions

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From Head Shops to Whole Foods: A New Book on Activist Entrepreneurs

December 18, 2017December 23, 2017 Julie Hawks African American bookstores

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

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Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom

December 8, 2017December 11, 2017 Keisha N. Blain black feminism, black nationalism, Black women, Pan-Africanism

This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle

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The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin

December 7, 2017December 11, 2017 Nishani Frazier Activism, Historical Memory, Resistance

On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.”  The essay created

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