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A Sampling of Black Perspectives Posts: July to December 2021

January 27, 2022January 26, 2022 Robert Greene II Black Appalachia, black hair, black internationalism, public memory, United States Colored Troops

Black Perspectives continued its tradition of tying Black intellectual history to a wide range of fields throughout the second half

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The Tears of Carl Lewis

September 20, 2021September 19, 2021 E. James West black protest, race

A few weeks ago marked the 30th anniversary of perhaps the greatest track and field duel of all time. On

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Blog Announcements: Welcome to the New Editorial Board!

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021 AAIHS Editors

We’re excited to announce the new members of the editorial board for the blog, which includes a diverse group of

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Remembering, Rethinking, and Renaming the Watts Rebellion

August 13, 2021August 11, 2021 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black protest, Resistance

Stop referring to what happened in Los Angeles from August 11- 16, 1965 as the Watts Riot. Call the events

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How Hollywood Has Ignored the Haitian Revolution

July 16, 2021July 15, 2021 Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall Black film, film, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

African Americans have long been interested in Haiti.1 Decades before the so-called “Haitian turn” of the twenty-first century in US

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