THE ERASURE OF BLACK WOMEN: How Dr. Moten Found the African American Women of MIlwaukee youtu.be/Bbsjvo5sIEw?si… Midwestern History Association Black Midwest Initiative @The_Africanus Wisconsin Humanities

AAMW's Crystal Moten & her book "Continually Working" were headliners @ Midwest History Conference last week alongside Professors Courtney Joseph of Lake Forest and our own Erik McDuffie of UIllinois. Miss it? Here's a link to our interview!: tinyurl.com/57hvam9d

Shout out to Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara on the publication of her article "Race-Based Slavery adnthe Pople of African Descent on the Midwest Frontier" Article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/article… Here's our interview with Christy: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

The African Americans of Buxton, Iowa, built a town founded on true equality and justice in the late 1800s. 135 years later, America needs more Buxtons. youtu.be/scEljMHURuQ?si…

Dred Scott sued for his freedom inspired by Rachel, a woman enslaved at the same Forts as Scott. Rachel sued for freedom based on the Midwest's slavery ban – and won. So did Dred and Harriet Scott – until the Supreme Court reversed Wisconsin Humanities youtu.be/RPWVNiNSdYM?si…

The Springfield Race Riot, commemorated at last. The tragedy led to the founding of the NAACP nytimes.com/2024/08/16/us/… via @NYTimes

Congrats to Erik McDuffie, University of Illinois Prof and our own Executive Producer, on the publication of "The Second Battle for Africa!" and its focus on the Diasporic Midwest! Ashley Howard Crystal M. Moten Midwestern History Association Outline here: assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c2-…

5 years earlier, in 1829, just down the Ohio River from Wheeling, the Cincinnati High School for Colored People – the first school for African Americans in Ohio – was opened. Ohio's Black Laws were pernicious, but a far cry from the South across the River.

Musical pioneer Charles "Chuck" Berry, often credited as the father of rock 'n' roll, was born on October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. 📸: Photo of Chuck Berry, c. 1958 (Pickwick Records/Billboard)

Pope Leo’s Afro-Creole grandparents came to Chicago during Great Migration Jon Lauck The Midwest Newsroom MiddleWestReview axios.com/2025/05/09/pop…