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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Dreams

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 Danielle L. McGuire #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. When Andrew Young, the US

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Remembering Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Rhonda Y. Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Activism, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Gender

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Prelude I teach a course

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Teaching Black Perspectives

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 Julia W. Bernier 1619, 1619 Project, Black History, Black Perspectives, Critical Race Theory, CRT, pedagogy, teaching

Shortly before leaving office, the former president established the 1776 Commission. It was formed to control narratives about the history

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CFP: Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy

September 23, 2022September 18, 2022 AAIHS Editors black intellectuals, CFP, democracy, Intellectual History, intellectuals, Protest, race

Since the founding of the United States, Black intellectuals have questioned the limits of American democracy. While in the past

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Online Forum–Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America

September 20, 2022August 30, 2022 AAIHS Editors #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

October 3, 2022 to October 7, 2022 Coinciding with the 105th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday (October 6, 1917),

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