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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Dreams

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 Danielle L. McGuire #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. When Andrew Young, the US

Remembering Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Rhonda Y. Williams #AAIHSRoundtable, #UntilIAmFree, Activism, black protest, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Gender

This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Prelude I teach a course

Online Forum–Black Women and Brown v. Board of Education

September 30, 2022October 3, 2022 AAIHS Editors #BlackWomenBOE, Brown v. Board, Civil Rights Movement, desegregation, education

October 10, 2022 to October 14, 2022 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is hosting an

Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

Online Forum–Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America

September 20, 2022August 30, 2022 AAIHS Editors #UntilIAmFree, Black women, Civil Rights Movement

October 3, 2022 to October 7, 2022 Coinciding with the 105th anniversary of Fannie Lou Hamer’s birthday (October 6, 1917),