Social Welfare and the Politics of Race in the Post-Civil War South
The policing of Black bodies has become an increasingly visible part of the American landscape, shining light on centuries-long violent
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The Revolutionary Language of Black Abolitionists
In the summer of 1854, a group of free Black men and women from across the United States met in
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Slavery and Disability in Antebellum America
In 1794, U.S. inventor Eli Whitney patented a new type of cotton gin that could remove seeds from short staple
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In Afeni’s Shadow: the Impact of Trauma on a Revolutionary Life
Tupac Shakur wrote “Dear Mama” to celebrate his mother’s strength and plea for her love. The song is an unfiltered
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Correcting the Anti-Black Civil War Commemorative Landscape in Harrisburg, PA
This post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. Dedicated during the national reckoning of
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