Civil War - AAIHS

A Dual Emancipation: How Black Freedom Benefited Poor Whites

Recently scholars have come to question “emancipation” as the proper terminology for describing the end of American slavery, preferring instead

This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History

It seems as if everyone—except his racist supporters—are recognizing the obvious: Donald Trump is a racist. But racism extends far

At a raucous 2016 campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, then-candidate Donald Trump outlined his plan to curb “illegal immigration” and

This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History