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Fannie Lou Hamer and American Democracy

October 5, 2022September 29, 2022 Peniel E. Joseph #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Fannie Lou Hamer, the sharecropper

Blog Announcements: Welcome to the New Contributors!

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 AAIHS Editors aaihs

We’re excited to announce this year’s new contributors to Black Perspectives. This diverse group of talented scholars will explore a range of topics

Menika Dirkson

Menika Dirkson is an Assistant Professor of African American History at Morgan State University. She received her Ph.D. in History from

Online Roundtable–Anne Gray Fischer’s ‘The Streets Belong To Us’

August 9, 2022August 10, 2022 AAIHS Editors #StreetsBelongToUs, carceral state, policing

August 15-22, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Urban

Recovering the History of Black Showgirls in Las Vegas

May 9, 2022May 8, 2022 Su Kim Chung Anna Bailey, Entertainers, Las Vegas, Moulin Rouge, Showgirls

Las Vegas has a long and glamorous entertainment history that evokes images of tuxedo clad crooners, female singers in elegant