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Tag Archives: African American history
OAH Virtual Exhibit
in american history, events, Virtual Exhibit
Tagged African American history, American history, Working Class Americans
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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 Organization of American Historians! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal articles, author interviews, and more. When you buy 3 books you … Continue reading
Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving
in African American Studies, american history, gender studies, Q&A, women's history
Tagged African American business, African American history, African American Women, gender studies
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Author of Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, answers questions about his inspirations, motivations and what he wants readers to know about his book. Q: Why did you decide to write … Continue reading
Q&A with Lynn M. Hudson, Author of West of Jim Crow
in African American Studies, american history, authors, Q&A
Tagged African American history, American history
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Author, Lynn M. Hudson, of West Jim Crow: The Fight Against California’s Color Line answers questions about her influences, discoveries and purpose for writing. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? In the process of writing my first … Continue reading
Q&A with Koritha Mitchell, Author of From Slave Cabins to the White House
in African American Studies, gender studies, literary studies, women
Tagged African American history, cultural studies, women and gender studies
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Author, Koritha Mitchell, of From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture answers questions about her influences, discoveries, and dispelling myths about African American culture. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? What … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Black power in its many forms
in African American Studies, black studies, radical studies
Tagged African American history, black power movement, political science
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Despite the growing scholarly interest in the civil rights movement, to date there has been no comprehensive examination of the Black Power movement. Black Power in the Belly of the Beast fills this gap by providing the first in-depth look … Continue reading
Sa-lute! Congratulations to music scholar Robert M. Marovich
in awards, black studies, Chicago, music
Tagged African American business, African American history, awards, Chicago blues, gospel music, Robert M. Marovich
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Awards season in academic publishing is once again kind to the Press. A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music by Robert M. Marovich recently won a Certificate of Merit in the category Best Historical Research in … Continue reading
Awards: Daisy Turner’s Kin
in African American Studies, american history, biography, folklore, women's history
Tagged African American history, American history, Daisy Turner, folklore, Jane C. Beck
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This week, we received word that Jane C. Beck’s acclaimed book Daisy Turner’s Kin: An African American Family Saga, won two awards: the 2016 Chicago Folklore Prize and the 2016 Wayland D. Hand Prize. The Chicago Folklore Prize, the oldest international … Continue reading
Brotherhood
in american history, black studies, labor history, women's history
Tagged A. Philip Randolph, A. Philip Randolph and the Struggle for Civil Rights, African American history, civil rights, Cornelius L. Bynum
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This day in 1925, activist A. Philip Randolph led the organization of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a campaign Randolph declared nothing less than “a significant landmark in the history and struggle of the Negro workers in America.” For … Continue reading
Happy International Nurses Day
in american history, black studies, feminist studies
Tagged African American history, Clarissa J. Threat, history, medicine, military, nursing, Nursing Civil Rights, women's history
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In observance of International Nurses Day, an excerpt from Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps, by Clarissa J. Threat. Before 1941 African Americans did not ignore the military’s call for nurses. Hoping to participate, black nurses … Continue reading