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CFP: Revolutionary Soul Food

February 27, 2024February 25, 2024 AAIHS Editors CFP, food, Foodways, Soul Food

Okra. Chitterlings. Grits. Ham hocks. Gumbo. Black food traditions from Africa and throughout the diaspora from the 1500s to the

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CFP: Black Women’s Activism in the Diaspora

February 15, 2024February 6, 2024 AAIHS Editors Activism, African Diaspora, black internationalism, Black women

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), invites blog posts for an online forum

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Philadelphia’s ‘Black Shining Prince’

February 13, 2024February 9, 2024 Menika Dirkson Activism, education, Philadelphia

Securely tucked away in the Print Department of The Library Company of Philadelphia’s collection of over 100,000 photographs, maps, drawings,

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CFP: Urban Rebellions in the 1960s

February 8, 2024February 2, 2024 AAIHS Editors CFP, Civil Rights Movement, UrbanRebellions

During the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, activists used marches, boycotts, sit-ins, picketing and other forms of peaceful protest to achieve

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The Early Activism of Angela Davis

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024 Joshua L. Crutchfield Activism, Black women, carceral state, police brutality

On October 13, 1970, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Angela Davis in New York facing indictments for kidnapping,

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