Barbara A. Gannon continues our roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro's "Families' Civil War": "Pinheiro identifies how families suffered because of the race-based challenges of African American military service." Read the full essay today at Black Perspectives aaihs.org/military-servi…

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Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the AAIHS, is hosting a roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli’s Canaan, Dim and Far: Balck Reformers and the Pursuit of Citizenship in Pittsburgh, 1915-1945 (@UGAPress) February 6–10, 2023—aaihs.org/online-roundta… #BHM

Today at Black Perspectives, Hettie V. Williams begins our roundtable on Adam Lee Cilli's Canaan, Dim and Far: "A noticeable strength of the text is the focus on the role that Black women played in reform efforts in Pittsburgh." aaihs.org/striving-towar…

Just ordered Adam Lee Cilli 's book and after reading this roundtable, I cannot wait to dive in. Can't wait to learn more about my adopted city! #pittsburgh #pittsburghhistory #blackpittsburgh

New Challenges, New Ideas, and Black Reformers of Pittsburgh aaihs.org/new-challenges…

Loved getting to read Adam Lee Cilli’s book for Black Perspectives and learning more about Pittsburgh!

"Engaging with the worldviews of interwar-era Black reformers prompted me to consider the nature and meaning of activism," writes Adam Lee Cilli in his response to our roundtable on his book, Canaan, Dim and Far. Read more today at Black Perspectives: aaihs.org/reconsidering-…

Today on Black Perspectives, Rebecca Dudley reviews Bruce A. Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery ( Harvard University Press )—aaihs.org/george-washing…

I guess I should be Googling my book more. Just found this positive review in @JournAmHist! academic.oup.com/jah/article/10…

For those interested in the important work of the Urban League over its many decades of service, my article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia was just published. oxfordre.com/americanhistor…

Registration for the 2024 AAIHS conference is now open! #AAIHS2024 conference.aaihs.org

I am thrilled to share that have been awarded with a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities to support my current book project on policing and criminal justice reform in the interwar period. Inside Pitt Research | April 2024 createsend.com/t/j-38E997B255…

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced more than $26M in funding for humanities projects nationwide. Three Pitt faculty have each received a summer stipend grant to fund their projects. Adam Lee Cilli Annette Vee neh.gov/news/neh-annou…

Today at Black Perspectives, Adam Lee Cilli announces a new website, Migrant Voices, which "is meant to serve as a digital repository for scholars and laypersons alike to investigate and reconstruct the lives of Black migrants in Pittsburgh." Read more: aaihs.org/introducing-mi…

I am happy to announce that my website on the Great Migration to Pittsburgh is now live. It includes 53 oral history interviews with Black migrants. Check it out here! migrantvoices.pitt.edu

I'm super pumped my #ASALH2024 panel on #BlackPittsburgh with Adam Lee Cilli Dr. Jessica D Klanderud Aaron Cowan and the OG Joe Trotter has been moved to a plenary session, Sept. 26! It is going to be 🔥! I can't wait! ASALH Convention #ASALHPittsburgh

Plugged my book like a jedi at my local library today… Me: I see u have a Pittsburgh book shelf Librarian: Yup Me: Well, i have a new one to recommend if ur interested Libr: U bet i am! Me: Canaan, Dim and Far @UGAPress Libr: I’ll look it up. Do u know the author? Me:

It’s super excited our ASALH plenary on Black Pittsburgh has a poster! It’s a DON’T MISS if you’re coming to ASALH Convention ! Adam Lee Cilli Aaron Cowan Dr. Jessica D Klanderud