Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey Clarence Thomas’s Political Journey
Corey Robin discusses his new book on the longest-serving justice on today’s Supreme Court and the influence of black conservatism and black nationalism on his jurisprudence.
Oct 24, 2019 / Robert Greene II
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction
In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.
Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’ Toni Morrison and ‘the Human Project’
Through her novels and essays, Morrison helped inspire a generation of writers to reckon with American history.
Aug 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Why ‘The Chicago Defender’ Still Matters Why ‘The Chicago Defender’ Still Matters
The history of the paper is a mirror of the larger history of the African American freedom struggle—both of what it already has achieved and what work still needs to be done.
Jul 16, 2019 / Robert Greene II
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy
In her new book, King and the Other America, historian Sylvie Laurent situates the Poor People’s Campaign and Martin Luther King Jr.’s later years in a longer history of ...
May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism
The search for cultural diversity and social equality.
Jun 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II
Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History Barack Obama Radically Expanded Our Appreciation of African-American History
By preserving sites that have been central to the black experience, Obama helped revitalize our civic religion.
Feb 2, 2017 / Robert Greene II
Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? Who Is the Real Progressive: Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?
Four historians consider how the Democratic candidates fit within the history of the Progressive tradition.
Feb 24, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Kim Phillips-Fein, Charles Postel, Robert Greene II, and Michael Kazin