Keisha N. Blain - AAIHS

Black Studies and the Story of Survival

In October 1969, sociology professor Nathan Hare spoke at a press conference at San Francisco State College, home of the

“In my life I have laughed a lot, but I have also experienced a lot of pain…I have never lost

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

Margaret Burnham’s By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022) excavates little-known accounts of violence

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop, millions of fans worldwide celebrate the men and women who