Voting Is Not A Right of U.S. Citizens: Revisiting the 1866 Civil Rights Act
This piece was originally published in AHA Today, a blog of the American Historical Association, as “The Promise and Peril of
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The NBA, Civil Rights, and Political Activism in Sports
We are only days from the opening tip of the 2016-2017 NBA season. Many fans are looking forward to watching
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Is the Myth of Racial Harmony Killing Our Country?
My eyes draw open, fixing on the silhouette of the spinning blades of the ceiling fan above my bed. After
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Black Journalist T. Thomas Fortune Prophetically Predicts Today’s Political Climate
Civil rights activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune was one of the most eloquent and instrumental voices of black America
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The Mundane and Extraordinary Aspects of Black Women’s History: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross
This month I interviewed Kali Nicole Gross about her new book, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press, 2016). Dr. Gross is
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