Haiti, the Archive, and the Historical Imagination
In the fall of 1877, John Mercer Langston laid on his bed on board the British steamer “Andes.” He was
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Memory
The Bonds of History
In recent years, Whitney Plantation has been transformed into a site for the memory of African enslavement in American and
Read more“Stronger in death than alive”: Reactions to the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba in Montreal
Recently, my colleague Keisha N. Blain wrote a post commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first
Read more#SandyStillSpeaks: “Living Black History” and Resources on Sandra Bland
Previous AAIHS posts about Sandra Bland include an account of local civil rights groundwork in Waller County following Bland’s death,
Read moreBlack Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in
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