Black Mayors, Black Politics, and the Gary Convention
The National Black Political Convention of 1972 saw many national giants on the Black political scene with Amiri Baraka and
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Black Identity
Black Internationalism, Black Studies, and the Challenge to Hemispheric Jim Crow
This article first appeared in Made By History. The original can be accessed here. Across the country, state legislatures and school boards
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CORE’s Struggle for Fair Housing Rights in LA
It has been 60 years since the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) targeted racially segregated housing in Los Angeles. Although
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Shades of Black: Ethnic Diversity in Black American Religious Life
*This post is part of our online forum with the Pew Research Center. Church Avenue is a vibrant commercial artery
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Online Forum with Pew Research on Black Religious Affiliation
Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society, is collaborating with the Pew Research Center to
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