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Wayward Negro Religions in the 20th Century Slum

May 21, 2020May 17, 2020 Ahmad Greene-Hayes #AAIHSRoundtable, #WaywardLives, black feminism, black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, religion

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. The beautiful anarchy of

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A Flash of Life and Light

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Kevin Quashie #WaywardLives, black feminism, Black Studies, Black women, blackness, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race, urban history

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. How to contend with

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Temple Court off D Street and Delaware, SW, Washington, D. C." The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

Engaging Wayward Methods

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Kwame Holmes #WaywardLives, Black women, Historiography, methods

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. Southwest Washington, D.C. was

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Steeped in the Blood: On The May 15th, 1970 Jackson State Killings

May 15, 2020May 14, 2020 Brandon James Render Mississippi, police violence, Racial Violence, student activism

On the night of May 14, 1970, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green made their way to Alexander Hall, a

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‘Island on Fire’: A New Book about the Revolt that Ended Slavery in the British Empire

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 AAIHS Editors black rebellion, Jamaica, slavery

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

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