Private, Public, and Vigilante Violence in Slave Societies, Part 3
This essay is Part Three of a four part series concerning the triumvirate of violence in slave societies. The first
View ArticleCivil Rights and Healthcare: Remembering Simkins v. Cone (1963)
Upon her release from L. Richardson Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward in Greensboro, North Carolina, my grandmother, Ann Wilson Scales, walked
View ArticleMalcolm X in the Courtroom
This post is part of our online forum, “Remembering Malcolm,” edited by Garrett Felber. Malcolm X. (Source: AP Photo/Eddie Adams) In one
View ArticleRace, Belonging, and Unconditional White Amnesty
At a raucous 2016 campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, then-candidate Donald Trump outlined his plan to curb “illegal immigration” and
View ArticleReproductive Rights and Race Struggle in the Decolonizing Caribbean
On May 27, 1935, hundreds of Bermudians gathered in a protest chaired by barrister David Tucker, member of the League
View ArticleNew President, Same Old Deal: The Parallels Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
An evaluation of the first 100 days of the new President of the United States has become a tradition of
View ArticlePolice Brutality and Racism in Germany
Oury Jalloh, a man in his thirties from Sierra Leone, had applied for asylum in Germany and was living in
View ArticleWealth, Slavery, and the History of American Taxation
Only a few days after Tax Day, many Americans still have Uncle Sam on their minds. Though the vast majority
View ArticleMasterless Men: A New Book on Poor Whites and Slavery
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
View ArticleTargeted: Undocumented Black Immigrants Under Trump
The United States of America, from its emergence as a sovereign nation and the creation and ratification of the Constitution,
View ArticleThe Troubled History of School Choice
One of the most contentious debates in contemporary education reform is school choice. With the president’s $20 billion campaign pledge
View ArticleHomicide Justified: The Legality of Killing Slaves in the Atlantic World
This is an excerpt from the preface of Andrew T. Fede’s Homicide Justified: The Legality of Killing Slaves in the
View ArticleMargaret Garner and the Complexities of Slavery and Gender
“Why?” So begins Nikki Taylor’s smart and probing microhistory of enslaved woman Margaret Garner’s murder of her child. But Taylor’s
View ArticleHow American Racism Shaped Nazism
American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for
View ArticleThe Life of Pauli Murray: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg
In today’s post, Alyssa Collins, PhD candidate in the Department of English at the University of Virginia, interviews Rosalind Rosenberg
View Article“Rikers: An American Jail”: A New Film on Mass Incarceration
This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.
View ArticleBlack Mobility, Law, and Freedom
In 1849, an unnamed Missouri slave owner took a male slave to California to search for gold. Two years later,
View ArticleAfrican Americans’ Civil Cases in the Jim Crow South
In 1910, 48-year-old Rebecca Sallee fell into an open hole on a city street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as she made
View ArticleThe War on Kids: A New Book on American Juvenile Justice
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
View ArticleThe Historical Erasure of Violence Against Black Women
The #MeToo movement and the recent attention to Recy Taylor’s 1944 rape has drawn much needed attention to the consistent
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