Black history - AAIHS

Black Los Angeles and the LAPD in the Early 1960s

February 21, 2023February 20, 2023 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. black politics, police brutality, police violence

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other city officials could have prevented the Watts Rebellion in August 1965 had they addressed the concerns

The Racist Origins of the Real ID Act

February 20, 2023February 19, 2023 Bea Abbott carceral state, Politics, race, racism

As of May 2023, a passport or driver’s license which proves legal residence in the U.S. will be needed to

Vaccines, Truckers, and White Supremacy between the US and Canada

February 17, 2023February 9, 2023 Rachel Zellars antebellum, Black Canadian History, Black History, Canada

On January 28, 2022, with plenty of social media forewarning, hundreds of large rigs, pick-up trucks, cars, and a few

George Washington, Slavery, and Farming

February 16, 2023January 30, 2023 Rebecca Dudley antebellum, book review, George Washington, slavery, Vast Early America

In Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery, Bruce A. Ragsdale meticulously examines Washington’s activities

The Fight for Fountain Square

February 15, 2023February 9, 2023 E. James West Cincinnati, DOCUMERICA, Fountain Square, segregation, urban history

The intersections of race and place lie at the heart of my ongoing DOCUMERICA series for Black Perspectives. Through the