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Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Kevin C. Quin masculinity, Racial Violence, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery

In Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men, historian Thomas Foster examines how the conditions of slavery gave rise to

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A Giant in the Black Academy: The Individual and Collective Historical Vision of Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

October 24, 2019October 18, 2019 Stephen G. Hall #RosalynTerborgPenn, black intellectual history, Black women, education, pedagogy, teaching

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Stephen G. Hall honoring the life and work of Dr. Rosalyn

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Black Patriotism and Black Death in the Aftermath of the American Revolution

October 16, 2019October 9, 2019 Adam McNeil black soldiers, capitalism, freedom, military, race, Racial Capitalism, slavery

On June 15, 1776, Lucretia Pritchett petitioned the Virginia Convention seeking reparations for the deceased enslaved man over whom she

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Online Forum: Honoring the Life and Work of Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 AAIHS Editors #RosalynTerborgPenn, aaihs, forum

October 21–24, 2019 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum honoring the life

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How Black Women Steered National Politics Through Local Activism in Washington, DC

October 3, 2019October 8, 2019 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Politics, Washington DC

Many histories of America’s capital city have explored the personal networks of political figures. They have revealed the sociopolitical influence

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