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Men without Pants: Masculinity and the Enslaved

Although nearly fifty-seven years have passed since Stanley Elkins’ provocative thesis on the effects of slavery rocked the historical community,

Over the past seventy-two hours, the Internet has been abuzz over Nate Parker’s involvement in a seventeen-year-old rape case. Journalists

Think the current controversy over “black lives matter” is new? African American activists wrestled with the question almost 200 years

Last weekend I saw a performance of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins‘ play An Octoroon, which is a reimagining of Dion Boucicault’s The

This is a guest post by Daniel R. Mandell, Professor of History at Truman State University. Prof. Mandell recently received