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In 1859, more than 400 enslaved people – men, women and 30 babies – from the Butler plantation estates of the Georgia Sea islands were sold on the auction block in Savannah, Georgia. My new book is about this sale, the largest slave auction in American history, which the slaves called, “The Weeping Time.” This […]
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How should we respond to the golden anniversaries of the publication of the Kerner Commission’s Report (March 1968) and the greatest wave of racial unrest in American history which followed Martin Luther King, Jr’s assassination (April 1968)? Will we allow these anniversaries to pass largely unnoticed, preferring to commemorate more triumphant moments? Or will we […]
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The recent shootings of unarmed blacks have been labeled by some as “21st -century lynchings.” Karlos K. Hill examines the meaning behind this characterization, whether it’s inflammatory, and why the discussion matters. Hill is author of the forthcoming Beyond the Rope: The Impact of Lynching on Black Culture and Memory.
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The major motion picture Lincoln, which focused on the political struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, recently exposed popular audiences to the problem of emancipation. There is a lot to like about the film. It exhibited historical authenticity, compelling performances, and persuasive dialogue that award-winning director Steven Spielberg beautifully crafted into an enjoyable two-and-a-half hour […]
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We mark Black History Month with a series of blog articles recalling some of the important people and events in African American history.
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Reuel Schiller, the author of Forging Rivals, describes how the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow gave rise to modern labor and employment discrimination laws.
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David Williams, the author of I Freed Myself, explains why the traditional picture of emancipation as an abolitionist movement with the Great Emancipator Lincoln at its helm isn't entirely correct—African American slaves played a key role in achieving their own freedom.
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In Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics, Robert E. May pits Lincoln's notorious opponent Stephen A. Douglas against abolitionist Frederick Douglass to examine the uncertain future of slavery not only in the US, but in Latin America as well.
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