Aaron Douglas’ History Lesson on the Responsibility of Black Artists
In an interview with Fisk University professor Leslie Collins, Harlem Renaissance painter and educator Aaron Douglas recalled his admiration for
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Women of Color Consciousness and the Global Environmental Movement
Grace Lee Boggs and Wangari Maathai were central figures in the development of the global environmental movement. Their work as
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Reconsidering Black Reform Work in the Interwar Period: A Retrospective on Canaan, Dim and Far
This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Panic had taken hold
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Pittsburgh Reformers and the Black Freedom Struggle
This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Historian Adam Lee Cilli’s
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Migrants, Reformers, and Pittsburgh’s Labor Movement
This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. On January 19, 1841,
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