How Historical Housing Discrimination Impacts Black Historical Preservation Practices
Looking nationally at the American landscape, there are few places that present clear opportunities to talk about history. Legal protections
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Civil Rights Movement
CFP: Howard Thurman’s Spiritual and Intellectual Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement
Gregory Ellison’s recently published edited volume on Howard Thurman explores the varied roles that the theologian, mystic, professor, and preacher
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Dr. King and the Foundation of a Black Intellectual-Activist
This post is part of our forum on Black Intellectuals and the Crisis of Democracy. The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King,
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The Morning After: Black Women and the March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom stands apart as one of the most well-known events of the modern
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New England’s Unsung Black Liberation Movement
Zebulon Miletsky’s impressive book project, Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, weaves together 350 years of
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