Introduction to the #Blackpanthersyllabus
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Envisioning Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Twenty-First Century
This is a guest post by Dr. Elwood Watson, an author, public speaker, and professor of History, African American Studies,
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When Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr., we first and foremost remember his “dream” that “my four little children will
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It is not uncommon for AAIHS bloggers to provide syllabi of resources on a particular subject. I am diverging from
Read moreBirmingham in Five Acts
Beginnings John T. Milner had big goals for a new railroad connecting north and south Alabama. The man just named
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