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Black Student Activism and the Origins of the Stanford Canon Debate

March 1, 2023February 27, 2023 Brandon James Render Black Student Union, Curriculum, education, Higher education, Stanford, student activism

In the late 1980s, the Stanford University Black Student Union stood at the center of a controversy involving the school’s

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Rosewood Massacre at 100: Black Florida History and White Terror

February 27, 2023February 26, 2023 Dan Royles Racial Violence, racism

A version of the following comments was delivered at the opening of the exhibit An Elegy to Rosewood at the

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Black Virginians and the American Revolution

February 13, 2023February 12, 2023 Adam McNeil black politics, slavery

In the summer of 1782, nearly nine months after Patriot victory at the Battle of Yorktown during the US War

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New Challenges, New Ideas, and Black Reformers of Pittsburgh

February 7, 2023February 4, 2023 Brandon James Render #AAIHSRoundtable, #CanaanDim, Activism, black intellectual history

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. In a recent Twitter

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How Historical Housing Discrimination Impacts Black Historical Preservation Practices

February 2, 2023January 29, 2023 Nan Wakefield race, racism

Looking nationally at the American landscape, there are few places that present clear opportunities to talk about history. Legal protections

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