The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras
Another carnival season is underway. In New Orleans it can be a time of eager anticipation during the historic, festive
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Black Identity
Jumping the Broom and the American Cultural Divide
Many people in the 21st century became familiar with jumping the broom through the 1977 miniseries Roots in a wedding scene
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Chokwe Lumumba and Black Nationalist Convergence
Eight months into his tenure as mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Chokwe Lumumba passed away on February 25, 2014. The sixty-six-year-old mayor
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The New Negro: A New Book on Black Philosopher Alain Locke
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
One of the most painful and haunting images that I recall from Stanley Nelson’s documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising:
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