Tag: Black History Month
A brief history of the Black church’s diversity, and its vital...
Jason Oliver Evans, University of Virginia
With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some...
How a Black writer in 19th-century America used humor to combat...
Rodney Taylor, University of South Carolina
Any writer has to struggle with the dilemma of staying true to their...
When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of...
Paige Gray, Savannah College of Art and Design
Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover...
Harriet Tubman: Biden revives plan to put a Black woman of...
Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
The Biden administration has revived a plan to put Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill after Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary...
On the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, a look back...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
During the half century that baseball was divided by a color line, black America created a sporting world of its...
3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson, West Virginia University
When it comes to teaching students about slavery in the United States, teachers often stumble through the topic. In...
Teaching hope during the 2020 campaign season
Sarah Stitzlein, University of Cincinnati
The 2020 presidential election campaign has already started.
Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political...
African rhythms, ideas of sin and the Hammond organ: A brief...
Robert Stephens, University of Connecticut
The enslaved Africans who first arrived in the British colony of Virginia in 1619 after being forcefully removed from their...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
