The Revolt That Almost Overthrew Slavery
In 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery
Read moreIn 1763, in a remote corner of the Atlantic world, enslaved people came closer than ever before to overthrowing slavery
Read moreIn a 1935 copper miners’ strike in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), historian C. L. R. James
Read more*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. On Friday, January 15, at 12noon
Read moreThis post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
Read moreIn 1968, Washington Post journalists Harry Jaffe and Tom Sherwood named police brutality as one of the factors motivating protestors
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