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Northern Black People’s Freedom Struggle in the Nineteenth Century

March 21, 2022March 20, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. black lives matter, black protest, Resistance

During the mid-nineteenth-century, Black people collectively fought for racial equality and social justice within the U.S. The scholarship of historians,

State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed

The Familial Fight Against Racism

November 17, 2021November 16, 2021 Holly Pinheiro antebellum, Civil War, Gender, labor, Pennsylvania, United States Colored Troops, USCT

The Civil War remains one of the most discussed and published historical topics. Often, public and academic discourse on

Policing Black Freedom

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 Philip V. McHarris #contestedcitizenship, Activism, police violence, Resistance, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

Allegiance, Birthright, and Race in America

August 4, 2021August 3, 2021 William Darity Jr. and Charles Ali Bey #contestedcitizenship, civil rights, race, slavery, South

“This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study