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Struggle and Progress: A Framework for African American History

April 9, 2016January 19, 2017 Brian Purnell

(Four books that synthesize African American history: To Make Our World Anew, edited by Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl

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The Mysterious Thelma X and the Struggle of Black Domestic Workers

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016 Garrett Felber black nationalism, Black women, Nation of Islam

Several years ago, I was looking through the papers of sociologist C. Eric Lincoln at the Robert W. Woodruff Library

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#AAIHS2016: New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (Day Two)

March 11, 2016March 15, 2016 Guest Poster

Today is the second day of our conference, “New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition,” at the University of North

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Teaching Religion, Politics, and Civil Rights

March 7, 2016March 6, 2016 Chernoh Sesay Jr. Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., teaching

With undergraduates I recently explored the complexity of thought among several Civil Rights writers and activists. During our conversation, students

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On Black History Month & Black Historical Writing: An Interview with Stephen G. Hall

February 23, 2016February 23, 2016 Brandon Byrd black intellectual history, black politics, Historiography

This Black History Month, I interviewed Stephen G. Hall, the Program Coordinator of History at Alcorn State University. He has

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