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Shifting Landscapes: Global Launch (1 April 2026)
Join us to celebrate the launch of Shifting Landscapes in a virtual panel discussion with museum staff and our national team of historians. Join us for a panel and Q&A to celebrate the launch of our new virtual tour of Gallier House, Shifting Landscapes: Slavery and the Built Environment! Featuring members of the museum staff…
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Defending Minnesota (27 January 2026)
When you hear about the first shooting, the initial reaction tells the story about what happens next. Do you freeze? Do you run? Do you stand up? For me, after hearing about Renee Good’s murder on January 7, I checked with groups of local leaders and activists for their assessments. Almost everyone was stunned, but…
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Teaching US History since 1970 (11 January 2026)
Historical perspective challenges anyone who attempts it. A Chinese historian has told me that the last five centuries are too brief to be considered history. A few colleagues have debated if it is appropriate to use datasets about the era of the Second World War because so many people have memories from the years between…
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Love America? Teach the Truth! (10 January 2026)
On Saturday, January 10, 2026, the American Historical Association hosted its Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, featuring a panel of distinguished educators featuring Jessica Ellison (National Council for History Education), Jennifer Baniewicz (Amos Alonzo Stagg High School), Julian Maxwell Hayter (University of Richmond), and Amy Godfrey Powers (Waubonsee Community College), and Annie Evans (New American…
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Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)
An endowed chair is a singular recognition of a scholar’s work in the academy. To earn one at the most distinguished institution for the teaching of liberal arts in service to the defense of human rights marks an unparalleled achievement. Then, within two months, the key text in defending critical race theory and Afrofuturism won…
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BSAM: Dakar, Senegal (September 2025)
The Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) consolidated its role as the world leader in creating the next generation of Afrofuturist art, literature, film, and public policy with its festival and conference in Dakar, Senegal, from September 10-17, 2025. Founder Reynaldo Anderson (Professor of Africology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA) set the agenda with his new book,…
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ASALH Atlanta (September 2025)
The Association for the Study of African-American Life and History took an extraordinary leadership position in 2025 because the attack against Black history in the United States attempted to destroy the profession. Professors Kaye Whitehead and Zebulon Miletsky managed a powerful campaign to rally the nation and the world to defend the work and legacy…
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White Flight and Suburbanization (29 June 2025)
White Flight and Suburbanization by A.G. Worthington, Macalester College (2024) The rise of American cities accelerated due to industrial and manufacturing growth in the first half of the twentieth century. Residential suburbs did not become the global symbols of prosperity until millions of white families used government subsidies to abandon the cities and to reject…
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VIDEO: Why Illmatic Consequences? (24 June 2025)
Given the disarray of American and world politics, everyone is looking for a way to make sense of the chaos. Fortunately, UWP Books provided the resource in 2023. Illmatic Consequences is the national book prize winner that connects Black Studies, Hip Hop Studies, and Afrofuturism by defining critical race theory, explaining its critics’ motivations, and…
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The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)
The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…
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