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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

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Black Women at Columbia University before Brown v. Board

October 10, 2022October 26, 2022 Hettie Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackWomenBOE, black intellectual history

This post is part of our forum on Black Women and the Brown v. Board of Education decision ***A later

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Fannie Lou Hamer and American Democracy

October 5, 2022September 29, 2022 Peniel E. Joseph #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, democracy, Fannie Lou Hamer

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Fannie Lou Hamer, the sharecropper

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Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

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Online Forum–Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America

September 20, 2022August 30, 2022 AAIHS Editors #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

October 3, 2022 to October 7, 2022 Coinciding with the 105th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday (October 6, 1917),

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