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Why the New Great Migration Matters

January 8, 2024January 1, 2024 Beatrice J. Adams African Diaspora, Civil Rights Movement, Great Migration, Migration

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

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The Best Black History Books of 2023

December 11, 2023December 7, 2023 AAIHS Editors aaihs

We asked editors and bloggers of Black Perspectives to select the best books published in 2023 on Black History, and they

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Black Women and Economic Self-Determination: A CBFS Interview

December 7, 2023December 1, 2023 Lucien Baskin Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Economics

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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Movie Theaters, the Urban North, and Policing the Color Line

December 5, 2023November 30, 2023 Alyssa Lopez film, Jim Crow, police brutality, Resistance

While America’s urban areas witnessed a massive boom in the popularity of motion pictures and moviegoing in the early twentieth

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The Controversy of the Without Sanctuary Museum Exhibit

December 4, 2023December 1, 2023 Menika Dirkson Jim Crow, lynching, museums

On May 22, 1917, the lynching of Ell Persons, a Black woodcutter, occurred in a carnival-type setting in Memphis, Tennessee.

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