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Opening the Racist Closets of History: Seven Well-Meaning Americans

March 21, 2017March 25, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Assimilationism, racism

It seems as if everyone—except his racist supporters—are recognizing the obvious: Donald Trump is a racist. But racism extends far

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“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 Christopher Tinson Activism, black intellectual history, Historiography

On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett

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The Signifyin(g) Saint: Encoding Homoerotic Intimacy in Black Harlem

March 14, 2017March 17, 2017 James Padilioni Jr Black Queers, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, New York, religion, W.E.B. Du Bois

On June 25, 1942, Edward Atkinson arrived at 101 Central Park West to sit for a photo shoot in the

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#AAIHS2017: Expanding the Boundaries of Black Intellectual History

March 11, 2017March 14, 2017 Brandon Byrd #AAIHS2017

The past year has certainly been an exciting one for the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). In the months

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Unearthing the Human Stories of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Doug Egerton #SlaveryAtSea, slave trade

This post is part of our online roundtable on Sowande’ Mustakeem’s Slavery at Sea Buyers like George Washington were invariably

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