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Race, Reconstruction, and Reparations

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster slavery

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

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Reconsidering Malcolm X and Islam

February 8, 2016February 9, 2016 Guest Poster Malcolm X, Nation of Islam

This is a guest post by Garrett Felber, a scholar of 20th century African American history at the University of Michigan

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#SandyStillSpeaks: “Living Black History” and Resources on Sandra Bland

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #sayhername, Sandra Bland

Previous AAIHS posts about Sandra Bland include an account of local civil rights groundwork in Waller County following Bland’s death,

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“Sold to Africa”: Remembering Patrice Lumumba

January 17, 2016January 17, 2017 Keisha N. Blain Pan-Africanism, Patrice Lumumba

[T]he enemies of Africa had understood. They had realized quite clearly that [Patrice] Lumumba was sold—sold to Africa, of course.

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Black Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16

January 5, 2016January 6, 2016 Chris Cameron

We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find

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