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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Bahá’í Faith

October 16, 2016October 15, 2016 Guy Emerson Mount religion, W.E.B. Du Bois

Recently the AAIHS held a workshop at the University of Pennsylvania where the contributors to its forthcoming anthology, New Perspectives

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Black Women Athletes, Protest, and Politics: An Interview with Amira Rose Davis

October 14, 2016October 13, 2016 Ashley Farmer Colin Kaepernick, Politics, sports

The country is now recognizing black athletes as protest leaders and the sports field as a viable space for resistance and

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Haiti and the Atlantic World: An Interview with Julia Gaffield

October 10, 2016October 9, 2016 Reena Goldthree Anticolonialism, France, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

This month, I interviewed Julia Gaffield about her new book, Haitian Connections in the Atlantic World: Recognition after Revolution (University

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Why We Need the #CharlestonSyllabus Now

October 4, 2016March 26, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #CharlestonSyllabus, Charleston, police brutality, police violence, South Carolina

On Friday, Sept. 23rd, the University of Georgia Press hosted the Charleston Syllabus Symposium at the University of Georgia. The

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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?

October 3, 2016October 4, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson black internationalism, black protest, police brutality

My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After

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