Juneteenth and the Broader Black Freedom Struggle
For the first time, this past June 19th the United States officially observed Juneteenth, a day traditionally celebrated by Black
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Ralph Ellison’s Juneteenth and Black Literary History
In 1965, Ralph Ellison published a short story called “Juneteenth.” It was a central excerpt of his long-awaited novel-in-progress. Ellison
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Online Roundtable: Quito Swan’s ‘Pauulu’s Diaspora’
June 28th-July 2nd, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is collaborating with the Journal of
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A More Radical Vision for Palestinian Self-determination
Nearly fifty years ago, at the 1972 National Black Political Convention (NBPC) in Gary, Indiana, Douglas E. Moore of the
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Working with Histories that Haunt Us
When I first began to conceptualize my dissertation project, I knew I wanted to write about an iconic group of
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