Black Protest - AAIHS

Slavery and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023 Rann Miller Resistance, slavery

Chattel enslavement was introduced into the colony of New Jersey in the seventeenth century, shortly after the Dutch first settled

Black Student Activism and the Origins of the Stanford Canon Debate

March 1, 2023February 27, 2023 Brandon James Render Black Student Union, Curriculum, education, Higher education, Stanford, student activism

In the late 1980s, the Stanford University Black Student Union stood at the center of a controversy involving the school’s

Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, police brutality, police violence

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns

The Racist Origins of the Real ID Act

February 20, 2023February 19, 2023 Bea Abbott carceral state, Politics, race, racism

As of May 2023, a passport or driver’s license which proves legal residence in the U.S. will be needed to

Black Virginians and the American Revolution

February 13, 2023February 12, 2023 Adam McNeil black politics, slavery

In the summer of 1782, nearly nine months after Patriot victory at the Battle of Yorktown during the US War