Online Roundtable–Kali Nicole Gross’s ‘Vengeance Feminism’
May 4–12, 2026 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Kali Nicole
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s ‘Black Shining Prince’
Securely tucked away in the Print Department of The Library Company of Philadelphia’s collection of over 100,000 photographs, maps, drawings,
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Philadelphia’s Fight Against Gun Violence, Poverty, and Crime
In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates
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Black Homeownership Before World War II
On November 2, 1914, twenty eight-year-old James H. Teagle, the “colored” chauffeur for Philadelphia City Controller John Walton, left his
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Black Bookstores and the Black Power Movement: An Interview with Paul Coates
In this post, blogger Joshua Clark Davis interviews activist Paul Coates–the father of author Ta-Nehisi Coates–on his life and early
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