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#AAIHS2021: Call for Papers–A Virtual Conference

August 7, 2020August 17, 2020 AAIHS Editors

Theme: ‘The West’ Dates: March 19-20, 2021 “The West” is a significant, but ambivalent, concept in the diasporic Black experience.

From HIV-AIDS to COVID-19: Black Vulnerability and Medical Uncertainty

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Antoine S. Johnson COVID-19, Harm Reduction, HIV-AIDS, medical racism

As America experiences mounting unrest amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and protests against police’s senseless murdering of Black people,

Policy and Possibility in the Movement for Black Lives Platform

June 10, 2020June 9, 2020 Matthew Delmont

This week we’re revisiting selections from our 2016 series ‘With Love and Respect: #ScholarsRespond to A Vision for Black Lives,’

Using MLK to Quell Outrage Distorts His Legacy

June 8, 2020June 7, 2020 Jeanne Theoharis civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr., policing, Resistance

Over the past week, numerous public officials—faced with disruptive protests around police brutality and racial inequality in the age of

Status of the Bail Funds

June 4, 2020June 3, 2020 Say Burgin Activism, black lives matter, Resistance

Since last weekend, we’ve seen a nation-wide uprising in response to the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd,