Activism - AAIHS

‘Stoolpigeons’ and the Treacherous Terrain of Freedom Fighting

September 13, 2018September 16, 2018 Charisse Burden-Stelly Activism, Black radicalism

On May 15, 2018, Newsweek published a story entitled, “CIA Reveals Name of Former Spy in JFK Files—And He’s Still

Online Roundtable: Keisha N. Blain’s ‘Set the World on Fire’

September 10, 2018October 18, 2018 AAIHS Editors Activism, black internationalism, black politics, Black women, black women's internationalism, Politics, Set the World on Fire

September 24-28, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of

The Legacy of Berkeley High School’s Black Student Union

August 14, 2018August 16, 2018 Aaron Fountain Activism

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Aaron Fountain as

Black Student Power in Boston

August 13, 2018August 16, 2018 Tess Bundy Activism

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We begin with this essay by historian Tess Bundy as

Black Public History in Chicago

July 30, 2018August 8, 2018 Betsy Schlabach Activism, archives, Black Arts Movement, black politics, Black Power, Chicago, civil rights, museums, Public History

As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II