Search Results for: Civil War

Eugenics and the Modern Conservative Movement

January 19, 2018January 23, 2018 Alexandra Fair Black women, criminal justice system, Donald Trump, law, Politics, racism

On December 26, 2017, The New York Times published an op-ed by the widely known North Carolinian activist, Rev. William

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Black Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Race: An Interview with Paul C. Taylor

January 18, 2018January 22, 2018 Neil Roberts #raceandphilosophy, Philosophy, race

This month I interviewed Paul C. Taylor on his most recent book, Black is Beautiful: A Philosophy of Black Aesthetics

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Black Women’s Histories and the Power of Truth-Telling

January 16, 2018January 20, 2018 Janell Hobson Activism, Black women

Not long after Oprah Winfrey, the iconic media mogul and pioneer for African American women in film, television, and journalism,

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To Shape a New World: A New Book on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2018January 20, 2018 Keisha N. Blain imperialism, Martin Luther King Jr., Philosophy, reparations, social justice

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

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Teenage Feminism Decades before “Girl Power”

January 12, 2018January 15, 2018 Kera Lovell #StudentActivismForum, black feminism, student activism

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. As civil disobedience in schools escalated in the postwar era, teenage girls

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