‘I Have a Copyright’: Interview with Daniel Fleming, Winner of the 2019 Maria Stewart Prize
This is an interview with Dr. Daniel Fleming, whose article “‘I Have a Copyright’: The Privatization of Martin Luther King’s
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Civil Rights Movement
Voices of Freedom Outside the South: An Oral History Resource
Some of my most exciting moments as an educator have been seeing how students engage with oral histories from the
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Selma, The Clergy, and the Limits of Solidarity
The church has traditionally been a fundamental part of African American life, a space which could provide stability, strength, and
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Documenting Nannie Helen Burroughs: A New Book About a Pioneering Civil Rights Leader
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Pushing Beyond the Two-Party System: Dick Gregory’s 1968 Presidential Campaign
In a March 2011 profile of African American comedian Dick Gregory written for GQ magazine, journalist Robert Chalmers mused, “it’s
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