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The Rejection of CRT in the Southern Baptist Convention

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 Rev. Ralph Douglas West 1 Comment
Black church, Jim Crow, race, slavery

The May 1995 issue of Christianity Today, included the report of a leading African American voice in the Southern Baptist

Black Women Enterprising Freedom in Colonial Santo Domingo

October 7, 2024October 6, 2024 Sophia Monegro 2 Comments
archives, Black women, Santo Domingo

Black women have been “winning” for Black freedom since the sixteenth century. Groups of enslaved African and African-descendant women who

CFP: Self-Liberation in the Diaspora

February 29, 2024February 27, 2024 AAIHS Editors antebellum, Maroonage, Self-liberation, slavery

From the 16th to 19th centuries, enslaved people of African descent found multiple ways to resist their oppressors and liberate

“A Troubled Past” and the Meanings of Breaking the Law

January 25, 2024January 21, 2024 Christopher Bonner 19c, fugitivity, Resistance, slave law, slavery

This article was originally published on August 25, 2015. In early August, St. Louis County Police shot eighteen-year-old Tyrone Harris,

Black Resistance and Slave Politics in Lowcountry Georgia

May 23, 2023May 19, 2023 Karen Cook Bell race, slavery

Within Lowcountry Georgia, enslaved Africans expressed a determined political will to resist enslavement and maintain dignity. Their dislocation reinforced

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