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Mollie Moon and Funding the Civil Rights Movement

Elegance. Galas. Balls. Fashion shows. Fine dining. When we think about the Civil Rights Movement these words typically do not

James Farmer conceptualized and developed a nonviolent direct-action philosophy that could be applied in the United States. He drew inspiration from

In 2015, precisely 31 years to the day of her death, blues and cabaret singer Alberta Hunter was inducted into

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

In today’s post, Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of