Landscape as Witness: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
In early March 2020, I drove past miles of dredged canals and gangly loblolly pines toward the visitor center of
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museums
Why the United States Needs More Museums about Slavery and Abolition, Not Another About the Civil War
When I first stepped into the foyer of the brand new American Civil War Museum at Historic Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia, I
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Memory, Memorials, and History
“On this Juneteenth I’m on a tour being conducted by Jefferson Davis’s great grandson.” –@heirofElijah, June 19, 2019 The morning started
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Black Public History in Chicago
As part of the research for his book Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism From World War II
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Another Look Into Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket”
Recently, I visited the Whitney Museum’s Biennial at its new location in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. I was there
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