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…
Browsing: Race
Toppling Columbus, Recasting Italian Americans
In response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter demonstrators…
Why Hair Matters
I never intended to write about Afros. It’s true that for well over two decades…
Innocence Betrayed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Deep Roots of White Supremacy
“Romance and poetry, ivy, lichens, and wall-flowers need ruin to make them grow.” Nathaniel Hawthorne…
Reparation as Fantasy Remembering the Black-Fisted Silent Protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games
On October 17, 2005, San Jose State University unveiled a twenty-foot fiberglass statue of Tommie…
Finding Emily A Story of Historical Recovery
Researching local history can be one of the most vexing and rewarding experiences in a…
The Racial Wealth Gap and the Problem of Historical Narration
From articles in the liberal press to histories of the “Frontiers of Wealth” during “America’s…
The Coleman Report and Its Critics: The Contested Meanings of Educational Equality in the 1960s and 1970s
Sociologist James S. Coleman’s 1966 report Equality of Educational Opportunity exposed the symbiotic relationship between…
Hearing History through the Sounds of Sesame Street
Could you briefly describe your project? I use the sounds of Sesame Street, a children’s…
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…