Search Results for: slavery

Fugitive Science: A New Book on Scientific Racism in America

May 6, 2017May 9, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Frederick Douglass, racism, racist ideas

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Read more

The “Woman’s Rights” Man: A New Book on Women in Frederick Douglass’s World

May 1, 2017May 4, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Frederick Douglass

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Read more

Historical Amnesia and the Burden of the Euro-American Past in the Age of Trump

April 29, 2017May 2, 2017 Westenley Alcenat Donald Trump, racism, racist ideas, Trumpism

In the last 100 days since he began his presidency, President Trump’s administration has unleashed a powerful nativist movement anchored

Read more

Race, Media, and Black Womanhood in the Early Twentieth Century

April 24, 2017April 28, 2017 Jane Rhodes #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability, Black women, Gender, racism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. The politics of respectability

Read more

Planning a Class Visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture

April 22, 2017April 25, 2017 Joshua Clark Davis Public History, teaching

“The trip to the museum was a humbling experience. I felt the weight of the collective experience of my ancestors—their

Read more