‘White Rebels in Black’: An Interview with Priscilla Layne
In today’s post, Kira Thurman, Assistant Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan, interviews Priscilla
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Black history
‘The Struggle is Eternal’: An Interview with Joseph R. Fitzgerald
In today’s post, Ashley Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African Diaspora Studies at the University of
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The Rhetoric and Methods of the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote
After attempting to register Black voters, pushing school integration, and challenging segregation in transportation throughout the 1950s, activists in Mississippi
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Black Lives Matter, Black Power, and the Role of White Allies
The Movement for Black Lives has revived many familiar debates, one of which revolves around the question of the role
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The Civil Rights Movement for Intellectual Change
More than half a century since the 1960s, scholars and citizens alike continue to grapple with how our country should
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