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A Conference Goes Onward and Upward: Reflections on #AAIHS2017

April 6, 2017April 8, 2017 Robert Greene II #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference

I consider myself fortunate to have attended the first two conferences held by the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS).

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The Critique of Racial Liberalism: An Interview with Charles W. Mills

April 3, 2017December 30, 2017 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, Racial Capitalism, Trumpism

This month I interviewed Charles W. Mills about his new book, Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism. Mills is

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Slavery, New Orleans, and the Counting Blues

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 Rashauna Johnson New Orleans, slave trade, slavery

In “Countin’ the Blues,” Gertrude “Ma” Rainey sings, “Layin’ in my bed with my face turned to the wall…Tryin’ to

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#AAIHS2017: Reflecting on the Past’s Presence 2.0

March 27, 2017March 30, 2017 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #AAIHS2017, black intellectual history, conference, W.E.B. Du Bois

I recently attended the second annual AAIHS meeting at Vanderbilt University. I had the good fortune to attend the inaugural

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Howard University and the Dream Sequence

March 23, 2017March 27, 2017 Josh Myers black politics, black radical tradition, freedom

The idea of “the Dream Sequence” was introduced to me by Howard alum and former professor Acklyn Lynch, a figure

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