A More Beautiful and Terrible History: A New Book on the Civil Rights Movement
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Historical Memory
François Duvalier and the Misuse of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the morning of April 9, 1968, the Haitian political elite joined the US diplomatic core in the Port-au-Prince Cathedral.
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History, Memory, and Gentrification
I spent my Sundays in November photographing in Clarksville—a neighborhood in Austin, Texas, which was founded by freedpeople after the
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The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin
On November 22, Muckrock.com published a disturbing article claiming that Bayard Rustin “was working for the CIA.” The essay created
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Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana
Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to
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