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Black Women’s Faith and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement

Black Women’s Faith and Moral Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement

In 2016, Margot Lee Shetterly published Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who …

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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, November 4, 2016. A large statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela stands 9 meters tall in the middle of the Union Buildings in Pretoria

The Remains of Segregation and Apartheid in South Africa

In Apartheid Remains, geographer and interdisciplinary scholar Sharad Chari deftly navigates the sedimented terrain of twentieth-century South African apartheid and …

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The Best Black History Books of 2024

The Best Black History Books of 2024

We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2024! Check out this extraordinary …

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