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Striving Toward Freedom and Black Pittsburgh

February 6, 2023February 4, 2023 Hettie Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #CanaanDim, Activism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Canaan, Dim and Far:

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Dr. King and the Foundation of a Black Intellectual-Activist

January 16, 2023January 15, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. #BlackIntellectualDemocracy, black intellectual history, Black radicalism

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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New England’s Unsung Black Liberation Movement

December 8, 2022December 6, 2022 Dylan O’Hara Activism, Boston, education, Massachusetts, New England, School Activism

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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Black Teachers and Liberation: A CBFS Interview

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Lucien Baskin Black Power, Black University, education, Liberation, teaching

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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How Family History Opens New Archives

November 18, 2022November 15, 2022 Paula C. Austin with Catherine Nelson and Donna Payne Wilson #BlackFamily, black youth, D.C., Family history, Jim Crow, youth

This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” Coming of Age

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