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Jim Crow North: A New Book about Segregation and Struggle outside the South

May 3, 2019May 6, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black politics, black protest, Black radicalism, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, racism, Resistance

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

Challenging Jim Crow in New York City

May 1, 2019May 6, 2019 AAIHS Editors civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, New York

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

The Trauma of Racial Violence in Frederick Douglass’s America

April 24, 2019April 22, 2019 Kay Wright Lewis #DouglassForward, black lives matter, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

American Founders: A New Book on the African Diaspora and New World Freedom

April 19, 2019August 12, 2022 Skyler Gordon African Diaspora, black politics, black protest, civil rights, race, racism, Resistance, slavery

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

Medgar Evers’s Legacy of Organizing in Mississippi

April 15, 2019August 12, 2022 William Sturkey Activism, black politics, black protest, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, Politics

Although Medgar Evers is one of the most widely recognized figures of the Civil Rights Movement, many people do not