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Blog Announcements: Summer 2021 Editorial Interns

May 28, 2021June 5, 2021 AAIHS Editors aaihs

The editing team of Black Perspectives is pleased to announce the 2021 summer internship cohort! Please join us in welcoming these talented

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George Floyd and the Global Fight for Black Lives

May 26, 2021June 5, 2021 Mickell Carter Black Europe, black internationalism, blackness, police brutality, police violence

The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, acted as a catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests around the

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Celebrating Gospel Music After the Civil Rights Era

May 20, 2021June 5, 2021 Keiara Price religion, spirituality

Late in March 2021, Black Twitter became enraptured by a leaked call between critically acclaimed gospel artist, Kirk Franklin, and

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Life Lessons from Georgetown’s Basketball Coach John Thompson

May 18, 2021June 5, 2021 Maurice Jackson black protest, sports

John Thompson Jr. often said, “I tell everyone I speak two languages fluently—English and profanity.” He used language and stories

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Black Germans and New Forms of Resistance

May 17, 2021June 5, 2021 Tiffany Florvil Black German, Germany, mourning

In her book In the Wake: On Blackness and Being, scholar Christina Sharpe described her concept of “wake work” as “a

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