black history

Antonia Hylton’s ‘Madness’ Illuminates the Shadows of Racial Injustice

Antonia Hylton’s ‘Madness’ Illuminates the Shadows of Racial Injustice

Madness is a scathing indictment of how Black Americans are disproportionately affected by mental health stigmas, inadequate care, and systemic neglect.

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Unfinished WWI History Speaks Volumes About America

W. E. B. Du Bois’ Unfinished WWI History Speaks Volumes About America

W. E. B. Du Bois hoped that WWI would help Black Americans make gains at home after serving their country abroad. His work for racial progress, like America itself, remains unfinished.

‘Spies of Mississippi’: When the US Government Was Committed to an Apartheid System

‘Spies of Mississippi’: When the US Government Was Committed to an Apartheid System

Congressman Bennie Thompson's recollections are chilling, and not only because the government of Mississippi once posed a real threat to some of its citizens.

Civil Unrest, Panel by Panel

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln by John Stauffer