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The Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women

October 26, 2017October 30, 2017 Celeste Henery black feminism, Black women, Gender

A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into

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Harold Cruse’s Ruthless Criticism

October 20, 2017October 21, 2017 Andrew Hartman black intellectual history, black nationalism, Black radicalism, Harold Cruse

*This post is part of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967). Click here to

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Not a Classic: The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual

October 18, 2017October 21, 2017 Daniel Geary black intellectual history, Harold Cruse

*This post is part of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s recent roundtable on Harold Cruse’s The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (1967).

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Why the Vote Wasn’t Enough for Selma: A New Book on Economic Justice

October 17, 2017October 21, 2017 Julie Hawks economic justice

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 Life of Pauli Murray: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

October 16, 2017October 21, 2017 Alyssa Collins black feminism, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, intersectionality, law, religion, sexuality

In today’s post, Alyssa Collins, PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Virginia, interviews Rosalind Rosenberg

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