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‘New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition’: A New Book on Black Thinkers in the US and Abroad

November 15, 2018November 19, 2018 Melissa N. Shaw black intellectual history

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 Contours of Black Intellectual History

November 15, 2018November 19, 2018 AAIHS Editors black intellectual history

This is an excerpt of the introduction to New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (Northwestern University Press, 2018) edited by Keisha N.

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Documenting and Digitizing Democracy: The SNCC Digital Gateway

November 14, 2018November 19, 2018 Ashley Farmer archives, Black Power, black protest, Civil Rights Movement, digital media, teaching

“Learn from the Past, Organize the Future, Make Democracy Work.” This is the mission statement that greets visitors at the

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Online Forum: Frederick Douglass @ 200

November 12, 2018November 26, 2018 AAIHS Editors Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum

November 26-30, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on Frederick Douglass on

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‘The Untold Story of Marcus Garvey’: Interview with Filmmaker Roy T. Anderson

November 9, 2018November 11, 2018 Chris Shell #FilmFeatures, Jamaica, Marcus Garvey, Pan-Africanism, Rastafarianism

In today’s post, Christopher Shell, PhD Student in History at Michigan State University, interviews filmmaker Roy T. Anderson about his forthcoming

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