MLK and the History of the Civil Rights Movement
Review of The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson.
Early Reparations Movements
Review of My Face is Black is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations by Mary Francis Berry
Patriotism and the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement
Review of the book Eyes on the Prize by Juan Williams
Labor Unions and Telephone Operators
Review of four books on the history of telephone operators in the US.
Domestic Servants and the Color Line
Overview of academic literature on the history of domestic servants in the US.
Eugene Genovese on Slavery
Eugene Genovese argues that slaves as a social class laid the foundation for black national culture while enriching US culture. Slave rebellions prior to the late 1700s largely did not seek to do away with the entire slave system, but later slave rebellions were revolutionary attempts to topple slavery.
The Lynching of Ward Churchill
The furor surrounding Professor Ward Churchill and his criticisms of US foreign policy are premised on racism. Churchill's criticisms are basically right and he should not be fired.