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“More and More Influential”: Frederick Douglass and Donald Trump

As President Trump recently said on the occasion of Black History Month, Frederick Douglass “is being recognized by more and

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

James Thomas was well-acquainted with powerful white southerners, intimate even. He was born in 1827 to an enslaved woman and

F.B.I. Agent Michael Stansbury: “Um, look, can you tell us about what happened last night?” Dylann Storm Roof: “Uh (pauses),

We’re learning a lot these days about the historical roots of mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander’s wildly successful book, The New