Agents of Change: Black Freethinkers Then and Now
Religion, as part of the trifecta of “sex, politics, and religion” is the most under-examined aspect of contemporary Black feminist
Read more
black intellectual history
The 1619 Project and the ‘Anti-Lincoln Tradition’
Earlier this year, the Pulitzer Prize Committee announced that this year’s prize for journalistic commentary would be awarded to New
Read more
A Black Women’s History of the US: An Interview with Kali Gross and Daina Ramey Berry
Kali Nicole Gross is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. She is also the National Publications
Read more
An Appeal –Bring the Maroon to the Foreground in Black Intellectual History
Within the larger narrative of slave resistance, maroons offered a unique experiment. They created and exposed to whites and blacks
Read more
Wayward Negro Religions in the 20th Century Slum
*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. The beautiful anarchy of
Read more