July 1, 2024
Bigger Thomas, the central figure in Richard Wright’s novel Native Son, eludes easy categorization. In Bigger: A Literary Life, Trudier Harris examines his continued relevance in debates over Black men and the violence… READ MORE
February 21, 2024
John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community is the first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis. Author Raymond Arsenault talks with us about his research… READ MORE
August 2, 2023
Gary Dorrien— The Black social gospel tradition remains what Black historian Vincent Harding luminously called “a darkly radiant vision of America’s truth.”1 It began with Black churches that were born… READ MORE
November 15, 2018
Thomas Grillot— The mobilization against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in the winter of 2016-2017 has made headlines throughout the world. In the first days of September 2016, the challenge… READ MORE
February 6, 2018
Gary Dorrien— Martin Luther King Jr., at the end of his life, fixed on three reform objectives, a movement ambition, and something bigger. The policy objectives were to terminate racial… READ MORE
August 28, 2014
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave what is widely hailed as the best political speech of the twentieth century. King famously departed from his prepared text… READ MORE
April 3, 2014
Katherine A. Bussard’s superb new book Unfamiliar Streets: The Photographs of Richard Avedon, Charles Moore, Martha Rosler, and Philip-Lorca diCorcia was recently featured at one of the New York Public… READ MORE
Deobandism, Islam and the Religious Narratives of the Taliban
