Is Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Stamped from the Beginning?
This post was inspired by Professor Ibram X. Kendi’s insightful AAIHS critique of Professor Joy DeGruy’s equally insightful book Post
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Remembering Phillis Wheatley
In my last post, I commented on a specific newspaper piece from the May 18, 1827 edition of Freedom’s Journal,
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Making Jokes and History in An Octoroon
Last weekend I saw a performance of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘ play An Octoroon, which is a reimagining of Dion Boucicault’s The
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Muhammad Ali, Freedom Road, and the Legacy of Reconstruction
Today we’re featuring a guest post by Robert Bland, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University
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The Future of the African American Religious Past
Today’s guest post is from Paul Harvey, Professor of History, and Presidential Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado. Dr.
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