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Highways, High-Rises and Food Deserts

January 19, 2022January 18, 2022 E. James West Black Metropolis, Chicago, documumerica, photography, urban

This is the second part of our series about Race and DOCUMERICA.   For many DOCUMERICA photographers, images of Black life

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Radio Journalism and Civil Rights

January 13, 2022January 12, 2022 Bala James Baptiste black nationalism, Chicago, civil rights, journalism, New Orleans, Radio

The first radio stations that targeted all of their programming toward African Americans in Chicago and New Orleans disseminated different types

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Black Women, West Indian Networks, and US immigration

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 Menika Dirkson black intellectual history, Black women, literature

“I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.” —Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy

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Gamifying Historical Events

November 18, 2021November 17, 2021 Jessica Parr Gamification, History, K-12, slavery, teaching

Games and gamification of historical events have been popular pedagogical tools in classrooms for years, and have generated countless discussions

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Introduction to “Digital Black Atlantics” Roundtable

November 1, 2021November 4, 2021 Rachel Anne Gillett #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackAtlantics, black internationalism, slavery, teaching

*This post is part of our roundtable “Digital Black Atlantics.” In recent years the rise of digital humanities has become

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