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Global Garveyism: Mapping Those at Home and Abroad

April 1, 2016January 1, 2017 Guest Poster Garveyism, Marcus Garvey, Universal Negro Improvement Association

This is a guest post by Adam Ewing, an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He

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Intellectual History Panels at NCBS 2016

March 5, 2016March 4, 2016 Chris Cameron

Many of my friends and colleagues declared this past Black History Month to be the most lit ever, but this

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Introduction to the #Blackpanthersyllabus

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Black Panther Party, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement

Beyoncé’s new song, “Formation” and her recent performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show has ignited a storm of

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#MLKsoundtrack 2016: A Civil Rights Soundtrack

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., music

It is not uncommon for AAIHS bloggers to provide syllabi of resources on a particular subject. I am diverging from

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Thinking About the ‘X’

December 12, 2015December 14, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson Afrxlatinidad, Caribbean, colonial America, empire, Latin America, slave trade, slavery

As the year winds down, I find myself, like my AAIHS colleague Noelle Trent, reflecting on 2015, on conversations that

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