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Online Forum-Urban Rebellions in the 1960s

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 AAIHS Editors black protest, Resistance, UrbanRebellions

October 14-17, 2024 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum that

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“Before Brown”: A CBFS Interview

January 19, 2024January 18, 2024 Lucien Baskin black queer studies, CBFS, interview, military, WWII

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

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The Legal History of Travel Discrimination

November 2, 2023October 29, 2023 Rebecca Dudley book review, civil rights, Jim Crow, racism, Resistance

Many of us take for granted the ease of our particular American-style mobility. We can go wherever we want to,

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Why Black People Believe the End is Near

October 31, 2023October 24, 2023 Benjamin Baker black intellectual history, racism, religion

Recently Pew Research Center released the results of a study on “How Religion Intersects with Americans’ Views on the Environment.” In it,

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AAIHS Announcement: Welcome to the Incoming Executive Board!

September 18, 2023September 8, 2023 AAIHS Editors

We are excited to announce the newly elected Executive Board officers of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)! Each

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