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Online Forum–The Significance of the Black Family in the US

November 11, 2022November 10, 2022 AAIHS Editors #BlackFamily, #Roundtable, Activism, citizenship, forum

November 14-21, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is hosting an online forum on the

Olaudah Equiano’s Transnational Insights

November 10, 2022November 1, 2022 Taylor Prescott Black Atlantic, book review, Internationalism, Olaudah Equiano, Transnationalism

Few figures of the eighteenth century have captured the attention of historians, literary critics, and scholars of Africana studies as

Colluding to Cripple the National Negro Labor Council

November 9, 2022November 7, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky Black radicalism, Communism, CPUSA, labor, Red Scare

In late October 1951, one of the most important African American trade union initiatives in U.S. history was launched. “The

Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the History Behind Colorblind Admissions

November 4, 2022October 27, 2022 Brandon James Render affirmative action, black intellectual tradition, College Admissions, Color-blind, Higher education

This month, the United States Supreme Court reconvenes to answer important legal questions, including a series of affirmative action cases.

Black Chicagoans, The Great Migration, and Nature

November 3, 2022November 6, 2022 Jason Martin Chicago, class, Jim Crow, Nature, Park

In Landscapes of Hope, author Brian McCammack brings together topics such as recreation, celebration, resistance, class conflict, protest, and activism.