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Black Americans and Wedding Rituals: An Interview with Tyler D. Parry

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackFamily

 This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In today’s post,

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Denmark Vesey’s Family Legacy

November 16, 2022November 11, 2022 Xavier Aubrey Spencer #BlackFamily, Charleston, Denmark Vesey, Slave Revolt, South Carolina

This post is part of our forum on “The Significance of the Black Family in the US.” In 1795, on

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Olaudah Equiano’s Transnational Insights

November 10, 2022November 1, 2022 Taylor Prescott Black Atlantic, book review, Internationalism, Olaudah Equiano, Transnationalism

Few figures of the eighteenth century have captured the attention of historians, literary critics, and scholars of Africana studies as

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Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez and the African American Community of New Orleans during the Civil War

October 19, 2022October 13, 2022 Anthony J. Cade II abolition, Civil War, Louis Charles Roundanez, Newspapers, slavery

Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez lived an extraordinary life. He traveled the world, earned two medical degrees, started two newspapers, and was an activist during

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Conference 2023 – General Information

Groups marching to demand climate and racial justice. (Photo by: Steve Sanchez)   #AAIHS2023 The African American Intellectual History Society

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