Rhae Lynn Barnes

A history of blackface and minstrelsy in American culture.

Historians used the Twitter thread to add context and accuracy to the news cycle in 2018. Here’s how they did it.

What was the liberal #Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And what did commentators like Heather Cox Richardson morph into during the Biden years?

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown just how hard it is for Americans to grieve.

The landmark Ken Burns documentary hasn’t aged well. But it continues to shape American perceptions about the Confederacy and slavery.

Be Woke presents Black History in two minutes (or so).