Black Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in
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Reclaiming MLK’s Unspeakable Nightmare: The Progression of Racism in America
When Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr., we first and foremost remember his “dream” that “my four little children will
Read moreSara Baartman, Say Her Name: A Bicentennial Anniversary
One of the stranger stories that broke with the new year was the report (now discredited) of pop star Beyoncé writing
Read moreBlack Intellectual History Panels at #AHA16
We here at AAIHS are getting excited for this week’s American Historical Association conference. On the program you will find
Read moreGetting the Word Out: The Circulation of Black Power Newspapers
Back in October, I wrote about Abeng, the short-lived Jamaican radical newspaper which, in the late 1960s, played a central
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