Tag: civil rights
During Vietnam War, music spoke to both sides of a divided...
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Music is central to Ken Burns’s new Vietnam War documentary, with an original score accompanied by samples of...
When gospel sermons came on the phonograph
Jerry Zolten, Pennsylvania State University
The first truly African-American musical form, the “Spirituals,” took shape in the 17th and 18th centuries within the generations of...
How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby
Katherine Mooney, Florida State University
When the horses enter the gate for the 143rd Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Louisiana, Mexico,...
Even before sanctuary cities, here’s how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Even before sanctuary cities, here's how black Americans protected fugitive slaves
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Over the past few days, the national climate has...
The Easter Rising 100 years on: how the Irish revolution fired...
David Brundage, University of California, Santa Cruz
On July 27, 1919, Marcus Garvey, the African-American nationalist then nearing the height of his influence, rose to...
In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson…
In a state wrought with racial tension, Jackie Robinson suited up for his first spring training game
Chris Lamb, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Seventy years ago,...
Two covers, two culture shifts
Renee Cramer, Drake University
Sometimes, a picture can transform a culture.
Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, which exploded across the country this week, certainly elicits comparisons...
Gordon Parks exhibit offers intimate glimpse into segregation-era life for African...
By Toni Pepe Dan, Boston University
In the spring of 1950, Gordon Parks, the first African-American photographer for Life Magazine, returned to his hometown of...
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...
