Voices of Freedom Outside the South: An Oral History Resource
Some of my most exciting moments as an educator have been seeing how students engage with oral histories from the
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The Curious History of Anthony Johnson: From Captive African to Right-wing Talking Point
In various corners of the internet, memes circulate about a Black man identified as “Anthony Johnson,” believed to be a
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Why the United States Needs More Museums about Slavery and Abolition, Not Another About the Civil War
When I first stepped into the foyer of the brand new American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia, I
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Lift Every Voice and Sing: On The Power of the Black National Anthem
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” is a song that most Black Americans of my generation know so deeply that it
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On Education and African American Intellectual History
*This post is part of our online forum titled “What is African American Intellectual History?“ As a scholar in African
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