State of the Field Roundtable at #ASALH100
At the recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, I had the pleasure
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On the New York Young Lords: An Interview with Darrel Wanzer-Serrano
This month, I interviewed Dr. Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, the author of an exciting new book entitled The New York Young Lords
Read moreSean Wilentz is wrong about the Founders, slavery, and the Constitution
According to Sean Wilentz’s opinion piece in the September 16 New York Times, the Constitution of 1787 did not make
Read moreSpirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion (Book Review)
Jason C. Bivins. Spirits Rejoice!: Jazz and American Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Pp.xvi, 369. $29.95 I first met Oluyemi
Read moreGo for Broke: #WallerCountySyllabus
As a result of events in Ferguson related to the death of Michael Brown, last summer Georgetown University history professor
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