Opening the Racist Closets of History: Seven Well-Meaning Americans
It seems as if everyone—except his racist supporters—are recognizing the obvious: Donald Trump is a racist. But racism extends far
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Liberalism
David Walker and the Problem of American Consensus
There are many different ways to teach the historical development of African American political history. One way is in the
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Power to the People: Attica and Radical Reconstruction
This is the fifth day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison
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Contesting State Violence in and Beyond the Archive
This is the second day of our roundtable on Heather Ann Thompson’s book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison
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The American Colonization Society: 200 Years of the “Colonizing Trick”
Two hundred years ago this week, dozens of the nation’s most powerful men met in the Davis Hotel in Washington
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