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African Americans and the State Militia

September 22, 2023September 7, 2023 Gregory Mixon antebellum, citizenship, Civil War, military, Militia

What is the historical relationship between African Americans and the state militia? Today, some may believe the militia to be

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Mary McLeod Bethune, the Pan-Africanist: An Interview with Ashley Robertson Preston

September 21, 2023August 20, 2023 Karen Cook Bell African Diaspora, Black women

This is an interview with Black Perspectives blogger Karen Cook Bell, Professor of History and the Wilson H. Elkins Endowed Professor

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Re-thinking Black (Im)mobility

September 20, 2023August 30, 2023 Nathan Cardon Bicycling, Children, Civil Rights Movement, MEDIA, Motion, photography

On January 10, 2022, a group of young mostly Black and Latinx cyclists known as Everyones Rideout took over a portion of Interstate

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African American Women on the American Railroad

September 19, 2023August 27, 2023 Daleah B. Goodwin antebellum, travel

Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad

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Deprovincializing Black Studies and Translating Blackness Beyond Borders

September 11, 2023September 7, 2023 Robin D. G. Kelley #Roundtable, #TranslatingBlackness, Arturo Schomburg, Black Studies, book review, Frederick Douglass, History, Transnationalism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness is a

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