Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago – AAIHS
Ayinde and Obari Cartman participate in a libations ceremony with members of the China Lee Missionary Baptist Church (Photo: Guy Emerson Mount). My grandfather died on Christmas Eve. I never…
Joseph Percoco, Ex-Cuomo Aide, Found Guilty in Corruption Trial
At the height of his influence, Mr. Percoco, whom Mr. Cuomo had once described as his father’s “third son,” was known as the governor’s enforcer, responsible for everything from keeping…
In California, Trump examines Mexico border wall designs
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump toured the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday and examined eight styles of walls, prototypes for the barrier he promised to…
Exposing the Primary Agents and Beneficiaries of Racism – AAIHS
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Ta-Nehisi Coates and members of his fan club must read Keri Leigh Merritt’s deeply-researched, well-reasoned, and eye-opening…
Pushing the Dual Emancipation Thesis Beyond its Troublesome Origins – AAIHS
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Richard Ansdell’s “The Hunted Slaves,” 1861 (Wikimedia Commons). Toward the end of her valuable reinterpretation of southern…
Writing on Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South – AAIHS
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. “African Slave Traffic,” 1859, History of Slavery and the Slave Trade Collection (Photo: Schomburg Center for Research…
Black Panther and the Politics of Black Heroism – AAIHS
*This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and…
Black Panther, Surveillance, and Racial Profiling – AAIHS
*This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter Greason, examines the Black Panther and…
ATF investigating Democratic candidate who sawed AR-15 apart
Democratic candidate’s gun control stunt may have violated gun modification laws. Source link