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The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras

February 9, 2018February 13, 2018 Trimiko Melancon Louisiana, New Orleans, race

Another carnival season is underway. In New Orleans it can be a time of eager anticipation during the historic, festive

The Hidden History of the Civil Rights Act of 1960

February 8, 2018February 13, 2018 William Sturkey black politics, electoral politics, Jim Crow, South

You might be asking: “Was there a Civil Rights Act of 1960?” Yes indeed there was. And it was quite

Jumping the Broom and the American Cultural Divide

February 7, 2018February 11, 2018 Tyler Parry Marriage, slavery, South

Many people in the 21st century became familiar with jumping the broom through the 1977 miniseries Roots in a wedding scene

A Riot in the Social Order: On Race, Religion, and Power

February 2, 2018February 5, 2018 J. T. Roane religion

*A version of this essay originally appeared on The Immanent Frame, a forum of the Social Science Research Council, as part

African American Novelist Frank Yerby’s Writings on Race

January 31, 2018February 4, 2018 Matthew Teutsch Civil War, literature, poverty, reconstruction, South

African American novelist Frank Yerby grew up in Augusta, Georgia, where he attended Paine College. Later he attended Fisk University and taught briefly