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From the United States' earliest days, African Americans considered education essential for their freedom and progress. Linda M. Perkins’s study ranges across educational and geographical settings to tell the stories of Black women and girls as students, professors, and administrators.
The contributors to Made in Asia/America explore the historical entanglements of video games, Asia, and America, showing how examining games offer new ways of imagining empire, race, and coalition.
Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement
The Emily Winfree Fellowship for African and African American History in Virginia promotes the study of Black history in Virginia and provide access to the VMHC’s vast collections. many of which concentrate on the late eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Within these records, there is much information about the lives and contributions of African Americans. The Winfree Fellowship carries a stipend of $8,000 for a minimum of six weeks in residence at the VMHC. The deadline for applications is Friday, September 27, 2024. Learn more at VirginiaHistory.org/EmilyWinfreeFellowship.
Otherworldly Mothering. The Maternal Grammar of Black Women’s Writing, 1970–1990 by Marika Ceschia (Louisiana State University Press, August 2024, ISBN 9780807182499)
One-day symposium to re-launch the Indigenous Studies Research Network (previously the Native Studies Research Network UK). Join us in London on September 19th, at the Wolfson Conference Suite, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, for an exciting event filled with discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities. Connect with fellow researchers, share your work, and be part of the growing community of Indigenous studies enthusiasts. Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/965137380887?aff=oddtdtcreator
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