Pittsburgh Reformers and the Black Freedom Struggle
This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Historian Adam Lee Cilli’s
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Great Migration
Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part II
Yesterday, Black Perspectives published part I of a Summer Books preview, covering a select number of books published in April
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Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago
Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called
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The Great Migration and Black Environmental History: An Interview with Brian McCammack
In today’s post, J.T. Roane, Associate Editor at Black Perspectives and an Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the
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The Historical Roots of Blues Music
Contrary to what some people believe, the blues is not “slave music.” Although it was cultivated by the descendants of slaves,
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