I haven’t had a chance to watch the new PBS series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” but I am reading some rave reviews. Henry Louis Gates‘s series is streaming here. I am hoping to...
Henry Louis Gates
Michael Gerson on the Failure of Reconstruction
The Washington Post columnist reminds us of the “horrors” of Reconstruction. The column basically serves as a reflection on Henry Louis Gates’s Stony Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow. Here is a taste: Gates is especially insightful in revealing...
Quote of the Day
“Far more people know that Ben Affleck is descended from slave-owners now than would have known if he had just cooperated as everyone else did.” –Kevin Gutzman, Western Connecticut State University (via Facebook). Need some context for this quote? Try...
Are We Finally Getting a Frederick Douglass Movie?
I have been teaching Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave in my United States history survey course for fifteen years. It is the most teachable primary source I have ever encountered. Nearly every time I teach this...