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Womanist Theology and A Black Woman’s Intellectual Movement

November 17, 2023November 7, 2023 A’Dorian Murray-Thomas black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, Resistance

This post is part of our forum on “Womanist Theology.“ My grandmother stood neither silent nor conspicuous in her daily

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Septima Clark and the Fight for Civil Rights

October 26, 2023October 17, 2023 Tara Kirton Activism, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, education

There are many names synonymous with the Civil Rights Movement, but there are countless lesser-known individuals who played a critical

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Howard Thurman: A Bridge Between Movements

April 17, 2023April 16, 2023 Tryce D. Prince #AAIHSRoundtable, #HowardThurman, black intellectual history

This post is part of our forum on Howard Thurman and the Civil Rights Movement. In 1897, a group of scholars and

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Women of Color Consciousness and the Global Environmental Movement

March 6, 2023March 5, 2023 Hettie Williams black intellectual history, black internationalism

Grace Lee Boggs and Wangari Maathai were central figures in the development of the global environmental movement. Their work as

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Migrants, Reformers, and Pittsburgh’s Labor Movement

February 8, 2023February 7, 2023 Julia W. Bernier #CanaanDim, #Roundtable, labor, NAACP, Pittsburgh, Urban League

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. On January 19, 1841,

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