Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward
In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and
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Lynchings
Does Fear of Black Men Satisfy the “Objective Reasonableness” Standard?
Another video. Another police shooting. Another Black person’s body dead on an American road. Every person is innocent until proven
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The Black Intellectual Tradition and the Myth of Objectivity
By 1899, W.E.B. Du Bois had accomplished more than most people could accomplish in several lifetimes. One bachelor’s degree from
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Whose Black Lives Matter? Musings in Defense of Korryn Gaines
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a group of talented black and brown sisters who were gathered for
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Beyond the Rope: A New Book on The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing–announcing the publication of selected new books
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