African American History survey - AAIHS

On the Racist Ideas Jesse Owens Could Not Outrun

It is always quite difficult for me to watch Hollywood biopics on celebrated African Americans figures. Too many of these

Beyoncé’s new song, “Formation” and her recent performance at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show has ignited a storm of

President Obama would never endorse Bernie Sanders on the eve of the Democratic primary. But he definitely should. And, in

The famed European historian, A.J.P. Taylor, remarked that “nothing is inevitable until it happens.” John Hope Franklin, who throughout a

Last month, I wrote a post contemplating how historians can write African American intellectual history before the American Revolution and