In the Shadows of Slavery’s Capitalism
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in
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Jim Crow
Gender, Civil Rights, and the Case of Odell Waller
Pauli Murray is a central figure of women’s activism. Her career spanned five decades and included work in the labor
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The Hidden History of the Civil Rights Act of 1960
You might be asking: “Was there a Civil Rights Act of 1960?” Yes indeed there was. And it was quite
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Black Women and Economic Justice in St. Louis: An Interview with Keona Ervin
In today’s post, Candace Borders, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, interviews Keona K. Ervin on her
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African Americans’ Civil Cases in the Jim Crow South
In 1910, 48-year-old Rebecca Sallee fell into an open hole on a city street in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, as she made
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