“One Continuous Graveyard”: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force
This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her
Read moreThis is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her
Read moreThe recent police shootings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota bring to the surface, yet again,
Read moreThis post is part of our forum on “The End of South African Apartheid Anniversary.” Black students at universities and
Read moreThis post is part of our forum on the “The End of South African Apartheid Anniversary.” This year marks thirty years
Read moreOn February 4, 1958, eighteen-year-old Gloria Adelaide Jordan began her Freshman year of college at Howard University to pursue a
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