Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta
Fifty years ago, Emmaus House opened its doors for the first time. Located in Peoplestown, a deprived neighborhood southeast of
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The Fallacy of 1619: Rethinking the History of Africans in Early America
In 1619, “20. and odd Negroes” arrived off the coast of Virginia, where they were “bought for victualle” by labor-hungry
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Online Roundtable: Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming
September 25-30, 2017 Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Africana Religions* to
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New Age Activism: Maria W. Stewart and Black Lives Matter
The 1830s was the high-tide of Jacksonianism, an era many historians consider the nadir of early American history. Although universal
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Black Motherhood and the Limits of Empathy
Although it has been months since the controversy over Dana Schutz’s painting, “Open Casket,” which depicted Emmett Till’s mutilated face
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