Professor Hasan Jeffries discusses his book Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt. We talk about what made this rural Alabama […]
Black Slaves, Indian Masters with Barbara Krauthamer
Professor Barbara Krauthamer discusses her book, Black Slaves, Indian Masters, which examines the role of slavery in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations. She explores the […]
Racial Diversity with Pamela Newkirk
Professor Pamela Newkirk discusses her book, Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business. She exposes the decades-old practices and attitudes that have made […]
Native American Slavery in New England with Margaret Ellen Newell
Professor Newell discusses her book, Brethren by Nature: New England Indians, Colonists, and the Origins of American Slavery, which explores the enslavement of Indians by […]
Unpacking 1619 History Lecture: Weaponized Whiteness and Gun Violence with Fran Shor
Why does the United States have so much gun violence and why is it so difficult to overcome? Obviously, there are numerous contributing factors to […]
African Colonialization Movement’s Ultimate Failure with Bjørn Southard
Professor Bjørn Southard discusses his book, Peculiar Rhetoric: Slavery, Freedom, and the African Colonization Movement. Prof. Southard outlines how the African Colonization Movement hoped to […]
Unpacking 1619 – White Supremacist Police at January 6th with Vida Johnson
Professor Vida Johnson discusses her 2022 Brooklyn Law Review article, White Supremacy’s Police Siege on the United States Capitol. Professor Johnson details the failures of […]
Unpacking 1619 – White Identity Politics with Fran Shor
Professor Fran Shor talks about his book, Weaponized Whiteness which interrogates the meanings and implications of white supremacy and, more specifically, white identity politics from […]
“Heathen” and Race-Making in the Christian World with Kathryn Gin Lum
Professor Kathryn Gin Lum discusses her book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. Professor Lum begins by explaining the Doctrine of Discovery and how […]
