E. James West

Naming and Self-identification in the Black Community

Naming is a complicated business. Names play a vital role in defining group identity and the identity of individuals who

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

The work of popular historian Lerone Bennett Jr. falls within a longer ‘anti-Lincoln tradition’ of African American intellectual thought–a tradition

Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New

*Fifth and final instalment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential campaign* In the November 7, 1968