Book Review - AAIHS

Kinship and Intimacy in Black Women’s Atlantic World

January 26, 2023January 23, 2023 Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo africa, book review, Kinship, slavery, Wicked Flesh, Women

Even as more scholars of color engage with the livelihoods of those not rich, white, or male, the way Black

“The Families’ Civil War”: An Author’s Response

January 13, 2023January 9, 2023 Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Author Response, Black Family, Civil War

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. Even though the Civil

Black Widows and the Struggle for Pensions after the Civil War

January 12, 2023January 6, 2023 Hilary Green #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Black Family, Civil War, Pensions, Women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. From enlistment to the

Online Roundtable–Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s ‘The Families’ Civil War’

January 6, 2023January 5, 2023 AAIHS Editors #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Black Family, Civil War

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’

Race, Religion, and The History Behind ‘Heathen’

December 15, 2022December 12, 2022 Hayley Madl Black Religion, book review, Christianity, race, religion

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, by Kathryn Gin Lum, argues that the label of “heathen” denotes a broad