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The Life and Legacy of Political Scientist Hanes Walton, Jr.

November 7, 2018November 11, 2018 Daniel HoSang black intellectual history, black politics, race

In 1970, Vincent Harding contributed an essay to the inaugural issue of the Journal of Black Studies titled “Black Students

Beauty, Black Power, and Black Student Activism in Memphis

October 10, 2018October 17, 2018 Shirletta Kinchen Activism, black protest, Black women, race, racism, Unseen Light

*This post is part of our online forum on Aram Goudsouzian and Charles McKinney’s An Unseen Light “Everybody come in that’s going to jail with

Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee speaks at Florida A&M University, 1967. Source: Black on Campus.

‘Upending the Ivory Tower’: A New Book on the Black Student Movement

October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 Keisha N. Blain Black Power, Black Power Studies, education, education reform

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

The Persistence of Institutional Sexism in Africana Studies

September 17, 2018September 19, 2018 Carole Boyce Davies Black women, education

While institutional racism under the current U.S. administration is identified as being more prominent and therefore more recognizable, institutional sexism, its

Challenging the Boundaries of Women’s History and Beyond

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Sasha Turner academia, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Politics

Earlier this year, the Coordinating Council for Women in History issued a statement condemning the all-white male conference held at