Memory - AAIHS

The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat

Postal Work and the Struggle for Black Freedom

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, civil rights, Racial Violence, South, white supremacy

In late 1892, a railroad operator approached activist-journalist Ida B. Wells to inquire why the Black community of Memphis, Tennessee, had been

The Historical Roots of Abolition in the Twenty-First Century

June 11, 2021June 9, 2021 Julia Bernier Activism, black radical tradition, Haiti, slavery, white supremacy

In June 2020 Mariame Kaba penned an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, “Yes We Literally Mean Abolish

A More Radical Vision for Palestinian Self-determination

June 10, 2021June 9, 2021 Ira Dworkin Activism, black internationalism, black politics, black radical tradition

Nearly fifty years ago, at the 1972 National Black Political Convention (NBPC) in Gary, Indiana, Douglas E. Moore of the

Tulsa and the Open Question of Justice, 1921–2021

June 8, 2021June 7, 2021 Kwasi Konadu social justice, Tulsa, violence

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race riots, a massacre orchestrated by a white mob against