Louise Thompson and the Black and White Film
In 1932, James Ford returned from the Soviet Union with a letter from the Russian film company Meschrabpom saying it
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Racism
The University of Chicago, Urban Renewal, and the Black Community
“It is not possible to operate and maintain a great university in a deteriorating or slum neighborhood,” proclaimed University of
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Black Soldiers and the Civil War
Shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation enabled African American men to enlist in the Union army in 1863, Alexander Thomas Augusta
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The African American Struggle Against HIV/AIDS
The devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year has intensified scrutiny of racial health inequities in the
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The History of African American Visual Culture
If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an
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