A Beacon of Harlem Renaissance Culture The Negro American Magazine, published in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1920s, was a significant yet often overlooked publication...
In discussions about race in America, a familiar pattern emerges. White critics often cherry-pick the most negative elements of Black society—crime statistics, isolated incidents of...
Exploitation and Racial Injustice Post-Emancipation Convict leasing was a system of forced labor that emerged in the Southern United States following the Civil War, effectively...
A Landmark Victory Against Anti-Miscegenation Laws In 1948, the California Supreme Court made history by striking down the state’s anti-miscegenation statute in Perez v. Sharp,...
Criminalizing Love Across Racial Lines For centuries, laws in the United States dictated who could marry whom, using race as the dividing line. Known as...
A Case for Immigration as Historical Reckoning Europe’s history is indelibly marked by centuries of colonial expansion, during which powers like Britain, France, Spain, Portugal,...
The Bambatha Rebellion of 1906 was a significant uprising in the Colony of Natal, South Africa, led by Bambatha kaMancinza, a Zulu chief. This revolt...
A Conflict of Independence and Identity The War of 1812, often called the “Second War of Independence,” was a pivotal conflict between the United States...
Creole people represent a fascinating tapestry of ethnic groups shaped by the forces of colonialism, migration, and cultural fusion. The term “Creole” encompasses communities worldwide...