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Lil Nas X: the AIDS Activist Gen Z Needs

September 23, 2021September 21, 2021 Dan Royles Activism, black protest

Lil Nas X’s performance at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards was—as fans have come to expect—a virtuosic entry in

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Dr. Carlos E. Russell and the Origins of Black Solidarity Day

September 14, 2021September 13, 2021 Kaysha Corinealdi black internationalism, black protest, Pan-Africanism

  A young Black woman demonstrator at a rally at the Capitol protests voting rights limitations contained in bills written

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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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Policing Black Freedom

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 Philip V. McHarris #contestedcitizenship, Activism, police violence, Resistance, slavery, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

*This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

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Allegiance, Birthright, and Race in America

August 4, 2021August 3, 2021 William Darity Jr. and Charles Ali Bey #contestedcitizenship, civil rights, race, slavery, South

“This post is part of our roundtable on “Contested Citizenship,” organized in collaboration with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study

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