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Black Women and the Southampton Rebellion

October 27, 2021October 26, 2021 Robert Colby Black women, Black Women's History, Nat Turner, Slave Revolt, slavery, Southampton

In 2003, Kenneth Greenberg edited a collection of essays on the Southampton County, Virginia, slave revolt commonly known as Nat

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Black Feminist Imagination: An Interview with Janell Hobson

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Robert Greene II black intellectual history, Black women

Janell Hobson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Albany.

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Texas’ Long Celebration of Juneteenth

October 18, 2021October 17, 2021 Nakia D. Parker Resistance, slavery, South

  On June 18, 2021, President Joseph Biden signed legislation that made “Juneteenth,” the commemoration of the event on June

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Lawrence Reddick and the Communal Acts of Black History

October 7, 2021October 6, 2021 Stephen G. Hall academia, black intellectual history, Black Power, Black Reconstruction, Higher education

African American history has always been a communal act. From its inception in the nineteenth century, Black men and women,

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AAIHS Announcement: Welcome to the Incoming Executive Board!

August 31, 2021August 30, 2021 AAIHS Editors

We are excited to announce the newly elected Executive Board officers of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)! Each

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