Search Results for: Civil War

June Jordan, “Bringing Back the Person,” and a Call to Community

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 Rhon Manigault-Bryant

“Body and Soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be

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A Bibliography of African American Freethought

March 5, 2015March 13, 2015 Chris Cameron

Over the past two years, I have been conducting research for a book project on African American freethought, an orientation

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Women’s History Month: The Legacy of the Fight over the 15th Amendment

March 2, 2015March 2, 2015 Noelle Trent Fifteenth Amendment, Frederick Douglass

                     During the past week, Patricia Arquette’s comments during her Oscars acceptance speech have ignited debate across

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Dispatches from Shondalandia by a Slavery Historian (Vol. 2)

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015 Jessica Marie Johnson black feminism, feminism, law, reconstruction, slavery

“I am not yours.” – Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal 2 X 3 “You might be Command, Dad, but

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Died of a theory

January 29, 2015February 1, 2015 Patrick Rael emancipation, Jefferson Davis

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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