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Queen Latifah and the Legacies of Black Power

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 Mickell Carter Black Power, hip hop, music, Pan-African, Queen Latifah

Dana Elaine Owens, also known as Queen Latifah, is renowned for her dynamic acting roles in films and TV series

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Reconsidering Black Reform Work in the Interwar Period: A Retrospective on Canaan, Dim and Far

February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 Adam Lee Cilli #CananDim, labor, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Courier, Urban League

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Panic had taken hold

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Norman Lewis and the Responsibility of Presentness

January 18, 2023January 13, 2023 Clay Matlin #BlackIntellectualDemocracy, art, black intellectuals, democracy, Norman Lewis

This post is part of our forum on Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy. The general consensus, scholarly and lay,

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Announcement: #AAIHS2023 Conference Guest Speakers

January 6, 2023January 5, 2023 AAIHS Editors #AAIHS2023, aaihs, conference, environmental justice

#AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Eighth Annual Conference Conference Theme: “We Can’t Breathe”: Crisis, Catastrophe and Sustaining

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“The times requires this testimony”: William Still’s The Underground Railroad

December 5, 2022December 4, 2022 Julia W. Bernier Activism, slavery

William Still, the leader of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) Vigilance Committee, kept meticulous records on the hundreds of women

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