Book Review - AAIHS

Unearthing New Histories of Black Appalachia

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 Jillean McCommons Historical Memory, South Carolina

“Depending on the ‘truth’ of the alternate versions, Liberia’s founding may be seen as a white kindness or as a

The Relationship Between African Americans and Africa

August 11, 2020August 13, 2020 Christopher Ndubuizu African Diaspora, blackness, Historical Memory

Negro, African, Colored, Afro-American, African American, and Black are identifiers that reflect the variety of ways African Americans have identified

The World of Slavery, Kidnapping, and the Slave Trade

August 10, 2020August 18, 2020 Derek Litvak law, slave trade, slavery

One of the enduring ironies of the institution of slavery is that it was wrapped up in the law. While

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

The History of Black Women and Internationalism

July 22, 2020July 20, 2020 Robert Greene, II black internationalism, black nationalism, Black women, Gender

In 1975, the Black Radical magazine Freedomways published a tribute in celebration of the end of the International Women’s Year,