Notes from the Library: Black Nativity
On September 18, 1857, Conrad Deisenoth became a citizen of the United States. This print, held at the Library Company
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Thinking About the ‘X’
As the year winds down, I find myself, like my AAIHS colleague Noelle Trent, reflecting on 2015, on conversations that
Read moreCommunity Politics and Grassroots Activism during the 1920s: An Interview with Shannon King
This month, I interviewed Shannon King about his new book, Whose Harlem Is This, Anyway? Community Politics and Grassroots Activism
Read moreAmerican Dreaming at the Beginning of the United States
Reviewers of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me have commented on the tension in his memoir between skepticism and
Read moreFree Blacks and the Haitian Revolution in Cartagena and Charleston (John Garrison Marks)
Today’s guest post comes from John Garrison Marks, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Rice University. His
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