Frederick Douglass

Jacob Lawrence was one of twentieth-century America’s most celebrated black artists.

In a new book, the often under-appreciated contribution that black soldiers made during the civil war is brought to light with a trove of unseen photos.

From "insurrection" to "rebellion" to "Civil War," finding a name for the conflict was always political.

Jonathan W. Wilson offers a constructively critical review of Wilfred McClay's American history textbook "Land of Hope."

Why did the man known as the “father of Black nationalism” defect to the Democratic Party during Reconstruction?

Jefferson revised the Gospels to make Jesus more reasonable, and lost the power of his story.

Tens of thousands of mutual aid networks and projects emerged around the world in 2020. They have long been a tool for marginalized groups.

White women have trafficked in Black women’s milk.

Abraham Lincoln is widely revered, while many Americans consider John Brown mad. Yet it was Brown’s strategy that brought slavery to an end.

Elements of the Puritans’ unique worldview were handed down for generations and were carried westward by their descendants, the people we call Yankees.

‘Struggle: From the History of the American People’ charts the strife of early US history in a fierce Cubist/Expressionist style.

Before and during the Civil War, both enslavers and abolitionists used photography to garner support for their causes.

The United States’ unofficial anthem, a hymn of love of country.

History suggests that what you see on the campaign trail, or even in a candidate’s past record, is not always what you get from a president once in power.

On the aesthetics and history of the Freedman’s Memorial in Washington, D.C.

A state with an often-overlooked history of enslavement demonstrates the lasting significance and geographic reach of the Haitian Revolution.

Revisionist biographers have given us countless perspectives, from Honest Abe to Killer Lincoln. Is there a version that’s true to his time and attuned to ours?

As Lincoln recognized, it's not enough to question the decisions, justices, or even the structure of the Court. We need to challenge the foundation of its power.

Moral complexity may be an argument against unthinking iconoclasm. It is not, however, an argument for never taking down statues.

Racism — not reformers demanding redress — is the source of American strife.