Search Results for: civil rights movement

“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism

August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer imperialism

With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s

Read more

Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, and Labor-Left Pan-Africanism

July 25, 2016May 7, 2017 Guest Poster Pan-Africanism

This is a guest post by Peter Cole, a historian of the twentieth-century United States, South Africa and comparative history.

Read more

#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,

Read more

“Most needed blessings”: The “all lives matter” debate in 1837

July 17, 2016July 13, 2016 Patrick Rael black lives matter, Henry Highland Garnet

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new?  African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

Read more

“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force

July 11, 2016July 10, 2016 Guest Poster convict leasing, policing, South

This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her

Read more