The History of African American Visual Culture
If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an
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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century
The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for
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Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World
Trite historical surveys of the Black experience in the United States will feature questions of identity politics (Combahee River Collective
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How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery
In 1837, Charles Ball published a memoir recounting his experience as one enslaved for forty years in the states of
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Runaway Slaves To Mexico and the Road to the Civil War
In May 2020, the New York Times published a story about the discovery of three skulls unearthed from a grave
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