Intellectual History Panels at NCBS 2016
Many of my friends and colleagues declared this past Black History Month to be the most lit ever, but this
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Race, Reconstruction, and Reparations
This is a guest post by Keri Leigh Merritt, a historian of the 19th c. American South. She received her
Read more“Stronger in death than alive”: Reactions to the Assassination of Patrice Lumumba in Montreal
Recently, my colleague Keisha N. Blain wrote a post commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first
Read moreReclaiming MLK’s Unspeakable Nightmare: The Progression of Racism in America
When Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr., we first and foremost remember his “dream” that “my four little children will
Read moreThe Early Scholarship of John Hope Franklin
The famed European historian, A.J.P. Taylor, remarked that “nothing is inevitable until it happens.” John Hope Franklin, who throughout a
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