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Slavery, the 13th Amendment, and Mass Incarceration: A Response to Patrick Rael

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Dennis R. Childs 13th Amendment, convict leasing

This post is a rebuttal to Patrick Rael’s “Demystifying the 13th Amendment and Its Impact on Mass Incarceration.” Dear Professor

"The riot in New Orleans--murdering negroes in the rear of Mechanics' Institute ; Platform in Mechanics' Institute after the riot." 1866. The New York Public Library Digital Collections.

“Yet Lives and Fights”: Riots, Resistance, and Reconstruction

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 Jessica Marie Johnson Fifteenth Amendment, reconstruction, W.E.B. Du Bois

How civil war in the South began again—indeed had never ceased; and how black Prometheus bound to the Rock of

Why are Trump Supporters Trying to Spark another Civil War?

October 19, 2016October 18, 2016 Patrick Rael Civil War, Donald Trump, slavery

As outrageous new events on the campaign trail assault us every day, it is becoming easy to accept the absurdities

The Mundane and Extraordinary Aspects of Black Women’s History: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black women, black women scholars, reconstruction

This month I interviewed Kali Nicole Gross about her new book, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press, 2016). Dr. Gross is

The Surprising Role of Race in the History of Gubernatorial Impeachment

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Patrick Rael reconstruction

Once again, Maine Governor Paul LePage is in trouble, and race is at the heart of the matter. The Governor’s