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“An Oasis in Turbulent Times”: Black Towns, Black Futures

May 7, 2020May 3, 2020 Camille Goldmon blackness, entrepreneurs, Historical Memory

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, founded by Isaiah T. Montgomery—formerly enslaved by Joseph Davis—and his relative Benjamin Green, tells a story of

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Landscape as Witness: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park

May 6, 2020May 15, 2020 Perri Meldon Harriet Tubman, Historical Memory, museums, slavery, Underground Railroad

In early March 2020, I drove past miles of dredged canals and gangly loblolly pines toward the visitor center of

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Confronting Reactionaries: Black Support for The Progressive Party During the Cold War

May 4, 2020May 3, 2020 Denise Lynn anti-capitalism, Black political thought, black politics, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics

During the Cold War, progressive voices were being drowned out by the drumbeat of war, as military and political relations

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W.E.B. Du Bois: A New Book on The Life of a Radical Scholar

May 1, 2020April 26, 2020 J. T. Roane biography, Black radicalism, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Veil and Vow: Aneeka Ayanna Henderson Discusses Marriage in Contemporary Black Culture

April 29, 2020April 26, 2020 Tyler Parry Black women, Marriage

Aneeka Ayanna Henderson is the author of Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture (February 2020) published

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