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2018 AAIHS Award Recipients

April 8, 2018April 13, 2018 AAIHS Editors

*The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) recently held our third annual conference at Brandeis University from March 30-31st. We recognized the

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Revolutionary Who Kept the Spirit of Resistance Alive

April 7, 2018April 13, 2018 Shireen Hassim South Africa

No other woman – in life and after – occupies the place that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela does in South African politics.

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“Our Emancipation Day”: Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago

April 5, 2018April 30, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, black protest, Chicago, Civil Rights Movement, MLK and American Cities, race, racism

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. Chicago’s strategies to keep African

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Martin Luther King Jr. and Milwaukee: 200 Nights and a Tragedy

April 2, 2018April 7, 2018 Mark Speltz Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK and American Cities

*This post is part of our forum on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on American cities. The tragic murder of Dr.

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Enslaved People and Divorce in the African Diaspora

March 31, 2018April 2, 2018 Tyler Parry African Diaspora, Marriage, slavery

Numerous books and articles analyze the concept of “slave marriage,” but other than a few exceptional works, the historical literature

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