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State of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 Chris Cameron

At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure

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African American Diplomacy and Disruptive Activism (Athan Biss)

October 4, 2015March 15, 2016 Guest Poster #BlackLivesMatter, black politics, Frederick Douglass

This is a guest post by Athan Biss, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of

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On the New York Young Lords: An Interview with Darrel Wanzer-Serrano

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 Keisha N. Blain Latino/a, New York, Politics, Puerto Rican history

This month, I interviewed Dr. Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, the author of an exciting new book entitled The New York Young Lords

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Sean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution

September 29, 2015September 28, 2015 Patrick Rael Constitution, freedom, law, racism, slavery

According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make

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Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion (Book Review)

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 Guy Emerson Mount culture, music, religion

  Jason C. Bivins. Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp.xvi, 369. $29.95 I first met Oluyemi

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