In Praise of Illegibility: Identification, Failure, and Joel Parsons’s Beholding and Being Held
The body is more than just the instrument through which we can resist; how we understand the body itself offers a site of resistance.
Tag: Resistance
Call For Contributors: Black Resistance to Slavery and its Afterlives
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our February 2020 issue: Black Resistance to Slavery and its Afterlives
A Course of Sources
One of the major purposes of the humanities is to expose students to new points of view, especially the views of minorities and other disadvantaged groups whose voices are often neglected. The Civil War Era is a particularly useful period for such considerations, as it prominently featured racial division that continue today.
Call for Contributors for July 2018 Issue, “Protest Summer”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our July 2018 issue, “Protest Summer.”
The Formerly New Activists: Fighting the Trump Administration in Appalachia
One year ago, the three of us had not yet met. We were in various states of anger, frustration, and fear. Today, we co-host a podcast, are board members of a progressive organization, and friends. Here is how we each got here.
The Year Since the Election: A Retrospective Series
The two articles in this series offer a glimpse into the efforts some of us have made to resist the worst excesses of his presidency, and the role history has played in shaping our responses. As historians, we have an obligation to speak truth. As citizens, we have an obligation to speak truth to power. This series documents both.
A Patriotic Day of Protest
Today’s activists would be wise to take a page from history and use the Fourth of July holiday to illuminate the ways in which American society is becoming ever more unequal.
Call for Contributors for July 2017 Issue on “Revolutions”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for articles that address the theme of “revolutions” to be featured in the July issue.
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