Online Forum-Urban Rebellions in the 1960s
October 14-17, 2024 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum that
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black protest
African Americans and the First Black Republic
It is difficult to talk about Haiti. For the past two months the island nation has been mired in violence
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US Worker Movements and Direct Links Against Apartheid
This post is part of our forum on the “The End of South African Apartheid Anniversary.” This year marks the
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CFP: Public Housing in Black America
In 1910, Baltimore became the first city in America to legalize residential segregation when Mayor J. Barry Mahool signed a
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Why did Nat Turner “confess”?
This article was originally published on April 29, 2015. Turner sought to carry on in words the work he had
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