Rob Parkinson, a colleague from my master’s program many years ago, has a great editorial in the Times on the connections between the fear of slave revolts and American independence. FOR more th
Fifty years ago this month, the term “Black Power” became known to Americans as the participants in the March Against Fear picked it up as their slogan. N.D.B. Connolly, whose book you sho
The Roosevelt Institute has an important new report on the connections between race and economic inequality, focusing specifically on African-Americans. This is your Friday night homework.
Interesting essay about Larry Wilmore’s “controversial” White House Correspondents Dinner bit. Every now and then, however, we’ll see President Obama being black. There was, of cou
Above: Mary McLeod Bethune. The National Park Service offers tours of her home in Washington, D.C. Provocative and interesting essay from the National Parks and Conservation Association’s Alan S
To what extent does Hillary Clinton deserve responsibility for her husband’s policies? How much credit should she get for the good ones? How much should we damn her for the bad ones? How much of
Kara Brown is damned tired of slavery movies. I am not, but I get that every other high-profile Oscar-nominated film about black lives is an exercise in filming black bodily trauma. The Birth of a Nat
A lawsuit in Minnesota claims they are, effectively arguing that their existence is discriminatory to children of color, even when the charters specifically target those students. Alex Cruz-Guzman, wh