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Why I Read ‘Black Perspectives’

August 6, 2018August 4, 2018 Derrick P. Alridge black intellectual history, Why I Read 'Black Perspectives'

When I began studying Black thought and ideas many years ago, African American intellectual history was not yet a cohesive

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Introducing New Bloggers to ‘Black Perspectives’

August 1, 2018August 8, 2018 AAIHS Editors

We’re excited to announce this year’s new contributors to Black Perspectives. This diverse group of talented scholars will explore a

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Windrush and Britain’s Long History of Racialized Belonging

July 31, 2018August 8, 2018 Christienna Fryar, Nicole Jackson, and Kennetta Hammond Perry Black Europe, Claudia Jones, freedom, Immigration, Migration

In November 2017, 61-year-old Paulette Wilson decided to publicly share her story of being detained in the infamous Yarl’s Wood

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Black Public History in Chicago

July 30, 2018August 8, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, archives, Black Arts Movement, black politics, Black Power, Chicago, civil rights, museums, Public History

As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II

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The Realness of ‘Pose’

July 26, 2018July 31, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Black Queers, Harlem, New York, television

The FX series Pose premiered in June 2018 to rave reviews for its historic depiction of the New York City house and

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