The Consequences of USCT Soldiering
Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An
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reparations
Mapping a Plan for Reparations in the Twenty-First Century
As the U.S. reckons with systemic racism in the wake of global protests over the murder of George Floyd, Breonna
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Eric Williams’ ‘Capitalism and Slavery’: A Blueprint for Reparations
*This essay is part of our online forum on Eric Williams’ Capitalism and Slavery (1944), organized by historian Sasha Turner.
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More than Diversity— A Call to Action from University of Chicago Faculty
This abridged document has been edited for brevity. The full letter can be read here. To pledge your support for
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‘Rhodes Must Fall’ and Decolonizing Education
Writing in 2006, the historian Manning Marable asserted that, “The Black public intellectual must actively engage the past in such
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