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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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More than Diversity— A Call to Action from University of Chicago Faculty

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 AAIHS Editors abolition, Activism, black protest, boycott, education, reparations, Resistance, strike

This abridged document has been edited for brevity. The full letter can be read here. To pledge your support for

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Race After Technology

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Kendra Calhoun Jim Crow, racism, Resistance, technology

In February 2020, a Black woman tweeted about how Britain’s automated passport processing system deemed her photo unacceptable because her

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The Bond of Live Things Everywhere: What Black Nature Might Look Like

July 21, 2020July 20, 2020 Roshad Demetrie Meeks #BlackEcologies, Black Studies, blackness, environment, literature, poetry

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. What does

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Speculative Black Theatre History

July 15, 2020July 12, 2020 Soyica Colbert #AAIHSRoundtable, #RadicalBlackTheatre, art, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Performance, theater

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Kate Dossett’s Radical

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