The Little Known History of Black Women Using Soda Fountains as Contested Spaces
The accurate accusation of tone-deafness has been circulating to frame the now-defunct Pepsi ad staring Kendall Jenner. For those who
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Resistance
“The House on Coco Road”: A New Film on Family, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Grenada
This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History
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Historical Amnesia and the Burden of the Euro-American Past in the Age of Trump
In the last 100 days since he began his presidency, President Trump’s administration has unleashed a powerful nativist movement anchored
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Women Picturing Revolution: An Interview with Lesly Deschler-Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago
This month I interviewed Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago about their event Women Picturing Revolution: Focus on Africa and
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Colored No More: A New Book on Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C.
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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