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Conference 2023 – General Information

Groups marching to demand climate and racial justice. (Photo by: Steve Sanchez)   #AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society

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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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Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

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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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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

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