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UrduUniversity of Illinois professor of African American studies and history Erik S. McDuffie examines the influence of political activist Marcus Garvey and the importance of the Midwest in the growth of Black internationalism and radicalism in his new book, “The Second Battle for Africa: Garveyism, the U.S. Heartland and Global Black Freedom.”
Tag: U.S. History
Historian’s latest book explores America’s road to political dysfunction
The Path to Paralysis: How American Politics Became Nasty, Dysfunctional, and a Threat to the Republic, released in mid-October by Anthem Press, examines the changes in political culture that have moved the United States from The Great Society to the U.S. Capitol Insurrection in less than 60 years. Polarization and toxicity are now common in a country that is 50/50 red/blue, and “compromise” is considered a dirty word.
U.S. Historian Available to Share Insight on Joe Biden’s Withdrawal from Presidential Race
ALBANY, N.Y. (July 22, 2024) — In a historic move, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race after mounting calls for him to end his reelection bid. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s…
How racialized trauma functions as a barrier to enjoying nature
A new study shows that historical trauma – and the transgressions people engaged in to overcome barriers to outdoor recreation – shape many Black and Indigenous Americans’ views about using public lands for leisure.
A historian’s legacy: Building resources to tell history’s untold stories
“Today, the resources are there — because we created them. Repositories recognize the importance of collecting the records of African Americans, whereas before they weren’t interested in those collections,” says University at Buffalo researcher Lillian S. Williams.
A Native American Secretary of the Interior would be a ‘game-changer,’ expert says
BUFFALO, N.Y. — If Joe Biden selects a Native American candidate to lead the Department of the Interior, that would be a “game-changer,” says Donald Grinde Jr., professor of transnational studies in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and…
Research reveals how magazine censorship in the 50s and 60s laid the foundation for future LGBTQ rights law
Research from Jason Shepard, chair and professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, highlights how First Amendment law was both a weapon and shield in the expansion of LGBTQ rights, and well before the Stonewall Riots.
Expert available to speak on how magazine censorship helped strengthen the LGBTQ community
Research from Jason Shepard, chair and professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, highlights how First Amendment law was both a weapon and shield in the expansion of LGBTQ rights well before the Stonewall Riots.
Scholar of civil rights on why America typically takes “two steps forward and one step back” following periods of protest over inequality.
Dolph Briscoe, PhD, is a history scholar and lecturer at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and an excellent quotable source on how the current protests and clashes between demonstrators and police compare with those of past decades. Briscoe, whose teaching and…
From Civil Rights to Diss Tracks: How Black Women Have Shaped U.S. Culture
In her new book, A Black Women’s History of the United States, co-authored by Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross explores black women’s history spanning more than 400 years and includes voices from the poor and working class as well as civil rights leaders, athletes and musicians.
Expert: Earth Day is turning 50. Here’s what the first one was like in 1970
Earth Day in 1970 wasn’t just a demonstration that came and went. It catalyzed the modern U.S. environmental movement, with major legislative victories like the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 following.