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Tips for Writing Successful AAIHS Conference Proposals

October 10, 2016December 30, 2016 Chris Cameron

This is my second year serving on the AAIHS conference committee and I thought it might be useful to provide

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Black Protest, White Backlash, and the History of Scientific Racism

October 5, 2016October 4, 2016 Guest Poster 2016 Presidential Election, Colin Kaepernick

Co-Authored by Christopher Petrella and Justin Gomer “Mainstream culture…defines threats to racial order as a form of madness that is,

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Enslaved Women, Violence, and the Archive: An Interview with Marisa Fuentes

October 4, 2016October 3, 2016 Emily Owens sexuality

In this interview, guest blogger Emily A. Owens sits down with Marisa Fuentes to discuss her new book, Dispossessed Lives:

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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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“70: Remembering a Revolution” in Trinidad and Tobago

September 30, 2016September 30, 2016 Paul Hébert Canada, Eric Williams

Last month, I wrote about how close ties between Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean shaped Black activism in Canada in

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