The “Families’ Cause” in the Post-Civil War Era
“In spite of all that may be said of the new South and its willingness to set the issues of
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Medicalizing Black Military Service in an Age of Global Imperialism
At the turn of twentieth century, universities in the United States began founding schools of tropical medicine. Schools like Harvard
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Me, My Mom, and Her Mental Illness
Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read
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Contagions of Empire: A New Book on Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Patriotism and Black Death in the Aftermath of the American Revolution
On June 15, 1776, Lucretia Pritchett petitioned the Virginia Convention seeking reparations for the deceased enslaved man over whom she
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