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#BlackPerspectives is the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual #History Society (@AAIHS). Subscribe today: https://t.co/s25zdkuG5H aaihs.org/blog Joined January 2017-
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"The US labor movement challenged apartheid through a variety of means," writes @MattieCWebb. Read "US Worker Movements and Direct Links Against Apartheid" today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/us-worker-move….
As today, unions and everyday workers (have) played an important role in the struggle to end apartheid. Check out @MattieCWebb’s latest piece on transnational worker solidarity in @BlkPerspectives
As today, unions and everyday workers (have) played an important role in the struggle to end apartheid. Check out @MattieCWebb’s latest piece on transnational worker solidarity in @BlkPerspectives
My piece is a part of larger forum on the global anti-apartheid movement, which @BlkPerspectives launched earlier this week. I recommend following along (April 23-May 7): aaihs.org/online-forum-t….
My new piece in @BlkPerspectives highlights some of the ways US workers & unions advocated for Black freedom & human rights beyond the workplace & across borders, challenging apartheid in South Africa. Thank you @PhenomenalTiana for organizing such an exciting & timely forum!
My new piece in @BlkPerspectives highlights some of the ways US workers & unions advocated for Black freedom & human rights beyond the workplace & across borders, challenging apartheid in South Africa. Thank you @PhenomenalTiana for organizing such an exciting & timely forum!
"The efforts to keep South African Airways out of Houston were part of these broader global attempts to resist the apartheid state through the politics of air travel." The Fight Against South African Airways in Houston aaihs.org/the-fight-agai… via @BlkPerspectives
#CFP: Global Black Thought, the official journal of the @AAIHS, is now accepting submissions for a special issue that traces the changes and continuity of truth telling in Black feminist thought. Submission deadline: 7/1/24. Read more at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/call-for-paper…
#CFP: @BlkPerspectives invites submissions from scholars who seek to add to the ongoing scholarship on the history of self-emancipation and freedom in the African Diaspora. Submissions are due 5/31. Read more: loom.ly/qEcq7Ac
#CFP: @BlkPerspectives invites submissions to our forum on "Revolutionary Soul Food" that speaks to the significance of food and how it has shaped black history. Submissions are due 5/31. Read more: loom.ly/8iNUZRA.
#CFP: @BlkPerspectives invites writers to contribute short essays that consider the history of housing in the United States. Submissions are due May 31st. Read more: loom.ly/Odgv3qQ
"For the South African government, its national airline had long been integral to its efforts to promote apartheid overseas," writes @NicholasGrant today at @BlkPerspectives. Read the full essay: aaihs.org/the-fight-agai….
This is a brilliant piece by @AmandaJoyceHall on the ACOA and anti-apartheid, posing the question: "what does a movement have to lose in order to win?"
This is a brilliant piece by @AmandaJoyceHall on the ACOA and anti-apartheid, posing the question: "what does a movement have to lose in order to win?"
"NAACP support notwithstanding, over the years, the ANC struggled to maintain support among Black Americans amid a rapidly changing domestic and global political landscape." aaihs.org/galvanizing-th… via @BlkPerspectives
African Liberation Solidarity and Anti-Apartheid Victory aaihs.org/african-libera… via @BlkPerspectives
Today @jessicaannlevy argues, "Some of the partners sought out by the ANC...have been more surprising than others and raise questions about the ANC’s claim as the primary heir to the anti-apartheid struggle." Read the full essay today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/galvanizing-th….
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My new piece in @BlkPerspectives highlights some of the ways US workers & unions advocated for Black freedom & human rights beyond the workplace & across borders, challenging apartheid in South Africa. Thank you @PhenomenalTiana for organizing such an exciting & timely forum!
My piece is a part of larger forum on the global anti-apartheid movement, which @BlkPerspectives launched earlier this week. I recommend following along (April 23-May 7): aaihs.org/online-forum-t….
@MattieCWebb @BlkPerspectives Thank you for your excellent contribution 🔥
My new piece in @BlkPerspectives highlights some of the ways US workers & unions advocated for Black freedom & human rights beyond the workplace & across borders, challenging apartheid in South Africa. Thank you @PhenomenalTiana for organizing such an exciting & timely forum!
"The US labor movement challenged apartheid through a variety of means," writes @MattieCWebb. Read "US Worker Movements and Direct Links Against Apartheid" today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/us-worker-move….
Happy to kick off the convo with @BlkPerspectives today for the anniversary of the so-called “end of apartheid”
"The ANC’s 1994 electoral victory and its memory, however, obscures this tension within the global anti-Apartheid movement," writes @AmandaJoyceHall today at @BlkPerspectives. Read the first installment in our forum, "The End of South African Apartheid" : aaihs.org/african-libera…
African Liberation Solidarity and Anti-Apartheid Victory aaihs.org/african-libera… via @BlkPerspectives
"NAACP support notwithstanding, over the years, the ANC struggled to maintain support among Black Americans amid a rapidly changing domestic and global political landscape." aaihs.org/galvanizing-th… via @BlkPerspectives
Today @jessicaannlevy argues, "Some of the partners sought out by the ANC...have been more surprising than others and raise questions about the ANC’s claim as the primary heir to the anti-apartheid struggle." Read the full essay today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/galvanizing-th….
This is a brilliant piece by @AmandaJoyceHall on the ACOA and anti-apartheid, posing the question: "what does a movement have to lose in order to win?"
"The ANC’s 1994 electoral victory and its memory, however, obscures this tension within the global anti-Apartheid movement," writes @AmandaJoyceHall today at @BlkPerspectives. Read the first installment in our forum, "The End of South African Apartheid" : aaihs.org/african-libera…
With so much conversation about contemporary student protests, it seems like a great time to re-share this piece I wrote for @BlkPerspectives about how one SC educator handled radical student protests. — “John Potts and Radical Student Activism” aaihs.org/john-potts-and…
Galvanizing the American Public, ANC and Anti-Apartheid aaihs.org/galvanizing-th…
My latest on the complicated legacies of the ANC, a cautionary tale suggesting the need to look beyond any single org or leader to understand the legacy of the antiapartheid struggle
Today @jessicaannlevy argues, "Some of the partners sought out by the ANC...have been more surprising than others and raise questions about the ANC’s claim as the primary heir to the anti-apartheid struggle." Read the full essay today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/galvanizing-th….
Next up is @jessicaannlevy’s very interesting piece on the ANC and its efforts to galvanize support from the American public. 🔥🔥
Today @jessicaannlevy argues, "Some of the partners sought out by the ANC...have been more surprising than others and raise questions about the ANC’s claim as the primary heir to the anti-apartheid struggle." Read the full essay today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/galvanizing-th….
We commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa with an online forum. Check out our first essay of the roundtable. @AmandaJoyceHall 🔥🔥
"The ANC’s 1994 electoral victory and its memory, however, obscures this tension within the global anti-Apartheid movement," writes @AmandaJoyceHall today at @BlkPerspectives. Read the first installment in our forum, "The End of South African Apartheid" : aaihs.org/african-libera…
#ICYMI: @tiffanypennamon reviews the 1995 film Black Is . . . Black Ain’t. This award-winning documentary explores the fluidity of Black identity. Pennamon also writes about the film's current relevance. Read the full essay today at @BlkPerspectives: aaihs.org/black-is-black…
Today @BlkPerspectives features an interview highlighting the @SchomburgCBFS event on "Food, Life, and Leisure," that took place on April 4th. Read more about the participants and their fascinating work: aaihs.org/food-life-and-…
A most #HappyBirthday to Paul Robeson! born #otd in 1898. Robeson was an incredible figure whose life and career were destroyed due to #redbaiting & #racism My essay in @BlkPerspectives describes some of his many awesome contributions aaihs.org/paul-robeson-b…
Requiem for a Howard University Student aaihs.org/requiem-for-a-… via @BlkPerspectives
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