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Black Virginians and the American Revolution

February 13, 2023February 12, 2023 Adam McNeil black politics, slavery

In the summer of 1782, nearly nine months after Patriot victory at the Battle of Yorktown during the US War

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Reconsidering Black Reform Work in the Interwar Period: A Retrospective on Canaan, Dim and Far

February 10, 2023February 9, 2023 Adam Lee Cilli #CananDim, labor, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Courier, Urban League

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Panic had taken hold

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Pittsburgh Reformers and the Black Freedom Struggle

February 9, 2023February 7, 2023 Ashley Everson #CanaanDim, #Roundtable, Great Migration, NAACP, Pittsburgh, Urban League

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Historian Adam Lee Cilli’s

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Striving Toward Freedom and Black Pittsburgh

February 6, 2023February 4, 2023 Hettie Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #CanaanDim, Activism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far. Canaan, Dim and Far:

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How Historical Housing Discrimination Impacts Black Historical Preservation Practices

February 2, 2023January 29, 2023 Nan Wakefield race, racism

Looking nationally at the American landscape, there are few places that present clear opportunities to talk about history. Legal protections

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