Ashley Everson

I’m so honored to share my research on the brilliant Mrs. Ada Wright with @BlkPerspectives

✨This special issue of Global Black Thought invites submissions that explore the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. with a particular focus on his many influences on Black intellectual thought in the United States and globally. @PennPress aaihs.org/cfp-reverend-j…

@tionneparris Congratulations!!! This is so exciting!

I’m beyond excited to share that my debut book is on the way! 'Long Distance Runners: Black Women Radicals and the Struggle for Liberation' will be published by Bloomsbury Academic in early 2027.

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an essay by Lacey Hunter & Hettie V. Williams on Mamie Phipps Clark and the Brown v. Board Decision. It highlights Mamie's historical contributions as a thinker and scholar in her own right. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

coco i love you 🥹

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought, features an interview w/ Derrick P. Alridge, one of the nation's foremost scholars on Black education. He emphasized the significant role Black women and girls played in shaping the Brown decision. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

You learn to ask good research questions by reading deeply and slowly. Print out the PDFs and take handwritten notes in the margins. Go for a walk without a device. Think. Talk with a person. Keep a pen and paper on you.

🎉This year’s winner of the 2026 Maria Stewart Article Prize is Dr. Sophia Monegro for the article, “Origins of Black Feminist Thought in the Americas: La Negra del Hospital in Colonial Santo Domingo.” 👏🏾👏🏾 aaihs.org/2026-aaihs-awa…

👉🏾In today’s post, Ashley Everson interviews Lacey P. Hunter and Hettie V. Williams about their new article, “There were no ‘Idiot Savants’ in the Group”: Mamie Phipps Clark and the Brown v. Board Decision. @AAIHS aaihs.org/psychologist-m…

My heart bleeds for the Cuban people. What a cruel, painful time.

👉🏾In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Tejai Beulah Howard about her new article, “Pauli Murray’s Prophetic Imagination: Brown v. Board, and the Struggle for Equal Rights in the United States.” aaihs.org/pauli-murray-t…

👉🏾In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Tejai Beulah Howard about her new article, “Pauli Murray’s Prophetic Imagination: Brown v. Board, and the Struggle for Equal Rights in the United States.” aaihs.org/pauli-murray-t…

Your grandmother says you read a lot. Every chance you get. That’s good, but not good enough. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper reasoning. —- Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (p.106)

On Harriet Tubman Day, we honor not only her courage but her tactical genius. Her leadership during the Combahee River Raid changed the course of history.

"Black women and girls—as students, activists, teachers, concerned mothers, and lawyers—were at the forefront of school desegregation." -- Hettie V. Williams @BlkPerspectives @PennPress @KeishaBlain aaihs.org/black-women-an…

👉🏾Today on @BlkPerspectives, Ashley Everson interviews Amato Nocera & Alexander Hyres about their article, “Rebel with a Cause: Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era.” The article is featured in the latest issue of Global Black Thought. aaihs.org/ruby-j-gainer-…

📣 New Issue of Global Black Thought @AAIHS is here! This special issue examines the legacies of Brown v. Board of Education through the intellectual and activist labor of Black women. Link to articles: muse.jhu.edu/journal/893

In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Erika Edwards about their role in editing the “Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean” special issue of Global Black Thought. aaihs.org/race-and-ident…

In today’s post, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Andrea Morales Loucil about her new article, “El Hijo del Amor: Abolition and Performance in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean.” aaihs.org/abolition-and-…

Today on Black Perspectives, Ashley Everson, a managing editor of Global Black Thought, interviews Tacuma Peters about his article, “Beyond ‘A Purely Passive Servitude’: Antonio Oblitas, Casta & Afro-Descendants in the Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II.” aaihs.org/afro-descendan…