What’s in the June Issue of the Journal of American History?
The June issue of the Journal of American History is available online and in…
Browsing: African American
2021 JAH African American History Index
In honor of Black History Month, we at the Journal of American History are pleased to re-release…
Black Women, Police Violence, and Gentrification
On September 15, six months after Louisville Metro Police Department officers killed Breonna Taylor in…
George Floyd and the End of American Hegemony
An “I can’t breathe” sign in London’s Trafalgar Square. The hashtag #PapuanLivesMatter in Indonesia. Monuments…
Black Power, American Democracy, and Dreams of Citizenship
In honor of Black History Month, we at the Journal of American History are pleased…
Remembering Race in Virginia
On July 30, 2019, exactly four hundred years after the inaugural meeting of the Virginia…
Beyond Harriet African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad
This November, Focus Features will release the anticipated movie Harriet in theaters worldwide. In promoting…
Juneteenth and Beyond: African American Emancipation Celebrations Since 1808
Freedom celebrations are essential to understanding the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. Emancipations…
A Colorblind Campus? White Evangelical Colleges and Black Students in the Era of Civil Rights
Founders Week, 1970, Moody Bible Institute. It was the most important week of the year…
An Index of African American History in the JAH
In honor of Black History Month, we at the Journal of American History are pleased to…