Civil Rights Movement - AAIHS

Lessons in Law and Order Politics

August 9, 2016July 12, 2017 Dan Berger criminal justice system, democracy

While many commentators have juxtaposed the bizarre hilarity of the Republican National Convention to the carefully crafted Democratic National Convention,

Race and Radicalism in Puerto Rico: An Interview with Carlos Alamo-Pastrana

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 Devyn Spence Benson Black radicalism, empire, Puerto Rican history, Puerto Rico

This month I interviewed Dr. Carlos Alamo-Pastrana about his new book, Seams of Empire: Race and Radicalism in Puerto Rico

From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: An Interview with Elizabeth Hinton

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016 Garrett Felber mass incarceration, policing, poverty

This month, I interviewed Professor Elizabeth Kai Hinton on her new book, The War on Poverty to the War on

A ‘Club’ No Black Woman Wants to Join: Confronting the Aftermath of Black Death

July 19, 2016July 18, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, police violence

I have found myself having to write, yet again, in the midst of racial, political, and social tumult. Recent events

The Future of the African American Religious Past

June 23, 2016June 21, 2016 Guest Poster religion

Today’s guest post is from Paul Harvey, Professor of History, and Presidential Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado. Dr.