How Hollywood Has Ignored the Haitian Revolution
African Americans have long been interested in Haiti.1 Decades before the so-called “Haitian turn” of the twenty-first century in US
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Celebrating Gospel Music After the Civil Rights Era
Late in March 2021, Black Twitter became enraptured by a leaked call between critically acclaimed gospel artist, Kirk Franklin, and
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Universities and Cities: An Interview with Davarian Baldwin
This is an interview with Robert Greene II, the lead associate editor of Black Perspectives, and Davarian Baldwin. Baldwin is the Paul
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On the Life and Legacy of Black Journalist Louis Lomax
We still have far too few histories of Black journalists. Even as biographers have written on Alex Haley, Ethel Payne,
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#AAIHS2021: A Virtual Conference on “The West”
Today, the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) begins its sixth annual conference–and our first ever virtual conference! This year’s
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