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The International Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Epidemiology

September 26, 2022September 22, 2022 Christopher D. E. Willoughby slave trade, slavery

In Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs tells a new origin story for epidemiology.

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Blog Announcements: Welcome to the New Contributors!

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 AAIHS Editors aaihs

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

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From Police Power to Police Practice

August 18, 2022August 12, 2022 DeAnza A. Cook #StreetsBelongToUs, Black women, carceral state, Police, prisons

This post is part of our online roundtable on Anne Gray Fischer’s The Streets Belong to Us The United States of

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The Sexual Criminalization of Black Women

August 16, 2022August 12, 2022 Keona K. Ervin #AAIHSRoundtable, #StreetsBelongToUs, Black women, carceral state, Gender, sexuality

This post is part of our online roundtable on Anne Gray Fischer’s The Streets Belong to Us The Streets Belong to

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Online Roundtable–Anne Gray Fischer’s ‘The Streets Belong To Us’

August 9, 2022August 10, 2022 AAIHS Editors #StreetsBelongToUs, carceral state, policing

August 15-22, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of Urban

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