Search Results for: civil rights era

Photographic Returns: A New Book on Racial Justice and the Time of Photography

March 13, 2020March 11, 2020 AAIHS Editors art, Black women, photography, time

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

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The Ongoing Struggle of the Black Ivy League

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Alaina Morgan #AAIHSRoundtable, #UpendingTheIvoryTower, Activism, black intellectual history, Black Power, black protest, education, race, Resistance

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Stefan M. Bradley’s Upending

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Ownership and Access: The Ebony and Jet Magazines Archive

September 6, 2019August 30, 2019 Jessica Parr archives, black intellectual history, MEDIA, publishing, race

In early July, the imminent auction of the Ebony/Jet archives made the news. Priceless collections of photographs and other documents

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How Black Activists Sought Healthcare Reform: A New Documentary

September 5, 2019September 16, 2019 Christopher Willoughby Activism, Black film, black intellectual history, black politics, capitalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, film, health, medicine

“The American Medical Association has never been a friend to us [African Americans],” explained the late Chicago physician Dr. Donald

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“Swinging While I’m Singing”: Spike Lee, Public Enemy, and the Message in the Music

June 24, 2019June 22, 2019 Mark Anthony Neal Black film, black politics, film series, hip hop, music, police brutality, race, Resistance, women in film

“1989, a number, another summer, sound of the funky drummer” —Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” The scene may be the

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