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Online Roundtable–Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s ‘The Families’ Civil War’

January 6, 2023January 5, 2023 AAIHS Editors #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Black Family, Civil War

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’

Race, Religion, and The History Behind ‘Heathen’

December 15, 2022December 12, 2022 Hayley Madl Black Religion, book review, Christianity, race, religion

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, by Kathryn Gin Lum, argues that the label of “heathen” denotes a broad

“The times requires this testimony”: William Still’s The Underground Railroad

December 5, 2022December 4, 2022 Julia W. Bernier Activism, slavery

William Still, the leader of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) Vigilance Committee, kept meticulous records on the hundreds of women

How Pauli Murray Masterminded Brown v. Board

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 Tejai Beulah Howard #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackWomenBOE, black intellectual history, Brown v. Board, education, Pauli Murray

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision According to

Mamie Clark’s Unsung Contribution to Brown v. Board

October 12, 2022October 7, 2022 Lacey P. Hunter #BlackWomenBOE, Brown v. Board, Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, education, Mamie Clark, research

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision The activist