“Never Let Them Put the Chains on Your Mind”: Roots, Episode 2
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
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“The Shame Is Not Ours”: Roots, Episode 1
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
Sands of War: Patton’s Desert Training Center on Film
Once it became clear that Americans would be fighting in the deserts of North Africa…
Underground: The Modern Story of Enslaved Runaways
Every Wednesday for the past month, Twitter has lit up with comments about the new…
Carol and the Boundaries of Lesbian History
There is a powerful moment in director Todd Haynes’ lush and moving film Carol that does not…
Jeanne Houck reviews Hamilton
[Crossposted from The American Historian Online] Jeanne Houck (Ph.D., NYU) is a public historian and filmmaker…
Beyond Redemption: A Review of “Allegiance: A New Musical Inspired by a True Story”
When Allegiance began its official run at the Longacre Theatre on November 8, it became…
Stonewall and the Politics of Memory
Timothy Stewart-Winter is an assistant professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark and the author of…
From Roots to The Book of Negroes: Black Slavery and the General Viewing Audience
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is an associate professor of Black Studies and History at the University…
Punk in the Chocolate City: A Review of Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, D.C. (1980–90)
Mike Amezcua is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his…