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Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World

January 30, 2018February 2, 2018 Jessica Parr black rebellion, race, slave trade, slavery

Kay Wright Lewis’s new book, A Curse Upon the Nation: Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World (University

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Black Charleston and the Battle over Confederate Statues

January 29, 2018February 2, 2018 Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders Charleston, racism, slavery, South Carolina, white supremacy

On January 9, 2018, the Charleston City Council deferred voting on a proposed new plaque for the John C. Calhoun

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François Duvalier and the Misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2018January 20, 2018 Brandon Byrd Caribbean, Haiti, Historical Memory, Martin Luther King Jr., violence

On the morning of April 9, 1968, the Haitian political elite joined the US diplomatic core in the Port-au-Prince Cathedral.

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Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A New Book on the Idea of Reparations

January 5, 2018January 8, 2018 Julie Hawks reparations

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Black Perspectives: Our Top 15 Blog Posts in 2017

December 29, 2017January 2, 2018 AAIHS Editors

In 2017, Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), continued to grow as a prominent voice within

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