Land, Literature, and Preserving Black History in Louisiana
Driving along False River on Louisiana Highway 1, you will see summer homes, boat houses, and cabins nestled close to
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Cemetery/Burial Grounds
Finding Toussaint L’Ouverture in Tennessee
In the summer of 1777, as musket balls flew about New York’s battlefields, José de Gálvez felt confident. The American
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Black Female Undertakers in 20th-Century Baltimore
Historically, the business of black undertaking has been framed as a male success story—focusing on narratives of lone freedmen with
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: A New Book on the Value of the Enslaved
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
Read moreBlack Funeral Directors and the Black Lives Matter Movement
Today’s guest post comes from Edwin Jackson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Maryland and Oklahoma. Born and raised in
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