Pauli Murray and the Need for Racial Reckoning
Confederate monuments are toppling across the nation following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans.
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Meaning of freedom
Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’ and the Archive of Freedom
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner. The forum is in
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The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition’
Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New
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A New Book on Plantation Coffee in Jamaica, 1790-1848
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Free the Land– A New Book About the Republic of New Afrika
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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