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Sabotage of the First Black New Orleans Journalist

January 16, 2024January 3, 2024 Bala Baptiste Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

It was a hot, balmy day in the Crescent City of New Orleans in June of 1970 when Warren Brown

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What is “Freedom” in the Black Freedom Struggle?

January 11, 2024January 5, 2024 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Activism, black protest, black radical tradition

Freedom is at the center of the Black freedom struggle. The Strange Career of Jim Crow, The Strange Careers of the Jim

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Why the New Great Migration Matters

January 8, 2024January 1, 2024 Beatrice J. Adams African Diaspora, Civil Rights Movement, Great Migration, Migration

In the recent documentary “South to Black Power,” Charles Blow reaffirms his previous call for a “Second Great Migration.” His

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The Best Black History Books of 2023

December 11, 2023December 7, 2023 AAIHS Editors aaihs

We asked editors and bloggers of Black Perspectives to select the best books published in 2023 on Black History, and they

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Black Women and Economic Self-Determination: A CBFS Interview

December 7, 2023December 1, 2023 Lucien Baskin Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Economics

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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