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Julia W. Garnet’s Civil War Activism

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Activism, Black women, Civil War, Julia Williams Garnet, mutual Aid

Throughout the American Civil War male proponents (Black and white) of mobilizing United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments viewed military

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Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez and the African American Community of New Orleans during the Civil War

October 19, 2022October 13, 2022 Anthony J. Cade II abolition, Civil War, Louis Charles Roundanez, Newspapers, slavery

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez lived an extraordinary life. He traveled the world, earned two medical degrees, started two newspapers, and was an activist during

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Reproductive Rights, Slavery, and ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Jennifer L. Morgan

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In 1662, the Virginia legislature cast a

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Online Forum–Black Women and Reproductive Rights

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 AAIHS Editors Black women, reproductive justice

August 1, 2022 to August 8, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting

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CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, black protest, Civil Rights Movement

It has been 60 years since the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) targeted racially segregated housing in Los Angeles. Although

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