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Online Forum: What is African American Intellectual History?

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019 AAIHS Editors #RethinkingAAIH, black intellectual history, Black political thought, intellectual

June 10-14, 2019 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum titled “What is

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Poll Power: A New Book about the Voter Education Project

May 17, 2019May 7, 2019 J. T. Roane civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, South, voting

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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‘Dockworker Power’: Transnational Struggles for Justice

May 16, 2019May 6, 2019 Ralph Callebert Activism, black internationalism, black protest, labor, race, Racial Capitalism, Resistance, South Africa

Dockworkers are a favorite subject for many labor historians—including myself. Historically, they have proven themselves reliably radical and strike-prone, and

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Bill Bruton’s Fight for the Full Integration of Baseball

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Louis Moore base, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Resistance, sports

As the 2019 baseball season is among us and Major League Baseball (MLB) is doing its annual dance with Jackie

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Jim Crow North: A New Book about Segregation and Struggle outside the South

May 3, 2019May 6, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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