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Introduction to the #Blackpanthersyllabus

February 20, 2016February 20, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Black Panther Party, Black Power, Civil Rights Movement

Beyoncé’s new song, “Formation” and her recent performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show has ignited a storm of

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Visualizing Music: Representing Black Culture, Community, and Politics

February 16, 2016February 16, 2016 Janell Hobson #BlackLivesMatter

Figure 1 As Jessica Marie Johnson has already documented here on AAIHS, black women utilized Beyoncé’s song, video, and performance

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Free Joan Little: Anti-rape Activism, Black Power, and the Black Freedom Movement

February 4, 2016February 3, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black Power, Black women

With the news of the Daniel Holtzclaw trial verdict, black women’s sexual assault should be front-page news. This should especially be the case

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#SandyStillSpeaks: “Living Black History” and Resources on Sandra Bland

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #sayhername, Sandra Bland

Previous AAIHS posts about Sandra Bland include an account of local civil rights groundwork in Waller County following Bland’s death,

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Birmingham in Five Acts

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Brandon Byrd Civil Rights Movement, convict leasing, mass incarceration, South

Beginnings John T. Milner had big goals for a new railroad connecting north and south Alabama. The man just named

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