November is National Native American History Month. We’re fortunate that the last several years have seen an increase in the number of books reflecting the […]
History
Groundbreaking History: From The Recent Past
“There is a great river and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.” -Ursula K. Le Guin Dig into the past […]
Steve Luxenberg on Plessy versus Ferguson
Steve Luxenberg is an associate editor at The Washington Post and an award-winning author. During his forty years as a newspaper editor and reporter, Luxenberg […]
Ibrahim Sundiata on Slavery and the 1619 Project
Professor Ibrahim K. Sundiata is Emeritus Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Brandeis University. He received his doctorate from Northwestern University, […]
Library’s 1619 Project program series continues to explore issues of race
When COVID-19 hit Ohio in March 2020, Heights Libraries shut down and canceled most of its programs. With the help of the now ubiquitous video […]
Vida Johnson on Police Bias and Misconduct
Professor Vida Johnson discusses two of her articles on police bias. First, we talk about her article, “Bias in Blue: Instructing Jurors to Consider the […]
Our Team: What was, what could’ve been, and what is
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series that Changed Baseball is a slightly unusual sports book. I’ve read plenty of […]
Adam Malka on the Rise of Police and Criminalization of Black Freedom
Professor Malka discusses his book, The Men of Mobtown, which explores how the free black population of the antebellum South came to be controlled and […]
