Category: History

  • Remembering Julian Bond (1940-2015) Politico 2015-12-29 Josh Zeitz Getty For many Americans, Julian Bond, who died in August at age 75, was quite literally the voice of the modern civil rights movement. In the early 1960s, when he served as communications director for the Student Non Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in later years, as…

  • The Forgotten Era of Punjabi-Mexicans OZY 2016-01-13 Nick Fouriezos, Reporter/Researcher Like a good comedian, Mary Singh Rai picked from her three identities to best suit her listener. “When I’m with Americans, I like to think of myself as one,” the native of Yuba City, California, said in a 2012 interview. But in some ways, the…

  • Hundreds gather over Maggie Walker statue controversy WWBT, NBC 12 Richmond, Virginia 2016-01-12 Ashley Monfort, Henrico Reporter RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Discussion about plans to build a statue of Maggie Walker in downtown Richmond drew a lot of opinions on both sides. Hundreds of residents gathered at the Richmond Public Library Tuesday to have their…

  • The Case for Scholarly Reparations Berkeley Journal of Sociology 2016-01-11 Julian Go, Professor of Sociology Boston University Race, the history of sociology, and the marginalized man – lessons from Aldon Morris’ book “The Scholar Denied” If Aldon Morris in The Scholar Denied is right, then everything I learned as a sociology PhD student at the…

  • A note on race and racism Medium 2016-01-08 T.O. Molefe This week in South Africa has made it clear there are many people who have a limited understanding of race and racism — two very different things. Either that or they are working with different definitions (and moral theories) and don’t know it, or lack the diligence…

  • The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Beacon Press 2016-01-12 216pages 6 x 9 Inches Cloth ISBN: 978-080703301-2 Alondra Nelson, Dean of Social Science; Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Columbia University, New York, New York The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know…

  • The Free State of Jones Movie to be released May 13, 2016 Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2016-01-05 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Texas State University, San Marcos The Free State of Jones Movie poster Victoria E. Bynum is author of the book The Free State of Jones, Movie Edition: Mississippi’s Longest…

  • As they have in the past, the conservative truth spinners behind the online media outlet Breitbart News Network have initiated an attack against yet another person of color fighting for civil and human rights. The target this time is activist Shaun King, who has been vocal about the police abuse that has permeated our consciousness…

  • The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City University Press of Mississippi January 2016 208 pages (approx.) 1 map, bibliography, index 6 x 9 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9781496804860 Dianne Guenin-Lelle, Professor of French Albion College, Albion, Michigan Why New Orleans is considered America’s distinctly French city What is it about the city…

  • My Ancestor’s Name and Race Changed in Census Records. Why? The Root 2016-01-01 Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor; Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Harvard University Anna L. Todd, Researcher New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), Boston, Massachusetts 1860 U.S. census for Hardy County, Va. U.S. census Tracing…