The Trouble in Nate Parker’s Southampton: The Birth of a Nation, a review
“N—s was too smart fo’ white folks to git ketched. White folks was sharp too,…
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New African American History Museum Carries on a Radical Museum Tradition
On a recent fall day at the university where I teach, maintenance crews could be…
The New Wave of “What Ifs?”
Have we entered a new golden age of counterfactual history? It is too early to…
Historians Ask Presidential Debate Questions
Over the past couple of weeks, we asked our twitter followers the question “As a…
Organizing the Prisons in the 1960s and 1970s: Part Three, Organizing Past, Present, Future
Roundtable discussion with Dan Berger, Alan Eladio Gómez, Garrett Felber, Toussaint Losier, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Tony…
Organizing the Prisons in the 1960s and 1970s: Part Two, Hearing Prisoners’ Voices
Roundtable discussion with Dan Berger, Alan Eladio Gómez, Garrett Felber, Toussaint Losier, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Tony…
Organizing the Prisons in the 1960s and 1970s: Part One, Building Movements
Roundtable discussion with Dan Berger, Alan Eladio Gómez, Garrett Felber, Toussaint Losier, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Tony…
Using Objects in Teaching
I am the Curator of Programs and Education at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology. Because…
Political History is Doing AOK
In their New York Times opinion piece, Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood are too pessimistic about the…
From the Archives… National Park Service at 100
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service. The NPS,…