Insanity, the Historian, and the Slave Catcher: “Capturing” Black Voices
First an episode from nineteenth-century Brazil: in 1895 Raimundo Nina Rodrigues, a forensic psychiatrist at the University of Bahia in
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The “Black Republic:” The Meaning of Haitian Independence before the Occupation
This is the second entry in a series on the centennial of the U.S. occupation of Haiti. The introduction to
Read moreAudience, Personal Experience and the Teaching of African American Intellectual History
Just recently, an African American student meeting me in office hours surprisingly and enthusiastically commented that my class was the
Read moreAuthor Interview: Lindsey R. Swindall on Southern Civil Rights and Anticolonialism
Today’s guest post comes from Phillip Luke Sinitiere, currently a professor of history at the College of Biblical Studies, a
Read moreDied of a theory
It’s been interesting to read the recent controversy over the existence and prevalence of “black Confederates” during the Civil War.
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