‘Rhodes Must Fall’ and Decolonizing Education
Writing in 2006, the historian Manning Marable asserted that, “The Black public intellectual must actively engage the past in such
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Activism
Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics: An Interview with Benjamin Talton
In today’s post, AAIHS President Keisha N. Blain interviews Benjamin Talton, an associate professor of History at Temple University, about his
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Confronting Data Capitalism: An Interview with Grassroots Organizer Tamika Blu
This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting
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A Black Woman Communist Candidate: Charlene Mitchell’s 1968 Presidential Campaign
This piece is the third installment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Click these links
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Claudia Jones Against the Korean War
Peace was a central aspect of the post-World War II Black Freedom Struggle, partially because the nuclear bomb was only
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