Search Results for: memory

African Spirituality and the Power of Religious Reclamation

October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, religion, West Africa

Return to the moment you first saw Beyoncé emerge through the iron doors in the golden-yellow gown as water flows

Read more

The Promise of Patriarchy: A New Book on Women and the Nation of Islam

October 9, 2017October 12, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi Nation of Islam

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

Read more

Calculating the Cost of Hurricanes in the Caribbean

October 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Sasha Turner Caribbean, colonialism, Cuba, imperialism, slavery, tourism

“The turquoise waters still glimmer in the bright sun, and the beaches remain breezy and alluring.” So begins a recent

Read more

How American Racism Shaped Nazism

October 5, 2017October 8, 2017 Rebecca Brenner Graham Immigration, race, racism, religion, violence, white supremacy

American democracy and liberty might appear to be the opposite of the fascism and horrors of Nazi Germany. But for

Read more

Race, Racism, and Southern Myths

October 4, 2017October 8, 2017 William Sturkey Jim Crow, Migration, police brutality, Post-Civil War, Racial Violence, racism, reconstruction, slavery, South, white supremacy

In 2010, two historians edited a collection of thirteen essays written by white historians about “The Myth of Southern Exceptionalism.”

Read more