Black History Month offers not only the occasion to consider the innumerable episodes in which Black figures and communities have shaped the story of America, but it also asks us to invert …
Read More >Black History Month offers not only the occasion to consider the innumerable episodes in which Black figures and communities have shaped the story of America, but it also asks us to invert …
Read More >“I’ve always been interested as a sociologist and a researcher in trying to better understand how issues related to race, gender, and inequality persist in professional workplaces.” — Adia Harvey Wingfield, …
Read More >By Patricia Hills, author of Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence The beginnings of my serious study of Jacob Lawrence came in 1974, when I saw the exhibition of his …
Read More >“A timely focus on the importance of black workers in the making of America.” Leslie M. Harris, author of In the Shadow of Slavery “Profound, inspiring, and sobering.” Robin D. G. Kelley, …
Read More >“We didn’t get our forty acres and a mule, but we got you, C[hocolate] C[ity]!”— George Clinton on the title track of Parliament Funkadelic’s 1975 Chocolate City album Black History Month provides …
Read More >By Marcus Anthony Hunter and Zandria F. Robinson, authors of Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life A man is dragged from his seat. A group of police officers congregate around …
Read More >An opportunity to reflect on the numerous events and figures in American history, Black History Month is more than a month; it is an expansive and growing history of America. The recommended …
Read More >By Aldon Morris, author of The Scholar Denied: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Birth of Modern Sociology Today marks the 149th anniversary of the birth of W. E. B. Du …
Read More >Last October marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, when, in 1966, college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton vowed to prevent police brutality against black …
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