Happy Anniversary? [8]
Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency 40 years ago today. His one-sentence resignation letter is “Today’s Document” at the National Archives website. The question mark in the title of this post is...
View ArticleWhat Happens to 1865 and 1965 in 2015? [4]
Next year, 2015, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act into law. It’s also the sesquicentennial of the end of the American Civil War. I was spurred to consider this a...
View ArticleReconstruction Memory and the Spirit of 1865 [8]
Last week I discussed the year 2015 and the potential it holds for memory of both the end of the Civil War (1865) and several key turning points in both American domestic and foreign policy histories...
View ArticleReview of ‘Jim Crow Wisdom’ [4]
Jonathan Scott Holloway. Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America Since 1940. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013) Review by Robert J. Greene II The intersection of...
View ArticleWorth a Read [11]
In lieu of an extended post, I’d like to call your attention to a few essays and articles touching upon themes and topics that may be of interest to our readers, from Ferguson, Missouri to the...
View ArticleThe Political Uses of Women’s History [8]
Lilian Calles Barger, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Dallas), is an independent scholar working in Taos, NM and serves on the book review committee of the Society. Her current research focuses on 19th...
View ArticleRemembering the Orangeburg Massacre [5]
Today marks the forty-seventh anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre. On February 8, 1968, 3 students were killed and many more were injured during a clash with police in Orangeburg, South Carolina....
View ArticleTowards a Sketch of Black Intellectual Traditions in 2015 [2]
The year 2015 has already proven to be an important one for the various intellectual viewpoints that form the African American intellectual tradition. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of several...
View ArticleBlack Power and Intellectual History [4]
Recent weeks I’ve attempted to lay out an intellectual history of African American thought since the late 1960s, leading up to the concurrent Ages of Obama and Ferguson. While today’s post is a slight...
View ArticleConfederate Flag Blues
When the terrible events of June 16 took place, I had little reason to think we were on our way to another debate about the Confederate flag. Yet, here we are. And while momentum builds to take down...
View ArticleAfrican Americans and Intellectual History in 2015
The year 2015 has provided plenty of fodder for conversations about race and American intellectual currents. Peter Wirzbicki’s piece on history and the idea of “hope” was a wonderful cap to a...
View ArticleMonuments in Moscow
Almost seven years ago, my friend and I went to Moscow. For four days. For spring break. In March. Moscow was the only destination, and we had no business that brought us there. Months before, we had...
View ArticleIntellectual History Books for the Spring
Today’s post will be a brief summation of intellectual history, and intellectual history-related, books coming out this spring. Some of them, in fact, are already out. Regardless, it is clear that 2016...
View ArticleApril 4, 1968 and American Intellectual History
Tomorrow marks the forty-eighth anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. The brutal culmination to a week that began with President Lyndon Johnson’s announcement that he would not...
View ArticleThe Month (So Far) In Intellectual History
September has proven to be a fascinating month for fans of American intellectual history. Between the release of some important books of history, and several blogs running key events online,...
View ArticleHow Does It Feel To Still Be A Problem?
This week was a microcosm of modern African American history. When I wrote this, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) just opened its doors in Washington, D.C. A...
View ArticleCoretta Scott King and American Intellectual History
Normally, around this time of year, we at S-USIH would post something about Martin Luther King, Jr. and American intellectual history. Considering that today is King’s actual birthday—we as a nation...
View ArticleAn Intellectual History Grab-Bag Of Links, January 21, 2018
First, apologies for my near-radio silence on the blog in recent weeks. Rest assured, I’ve been as intrigued and fascinated by recent blog posts as well as a few various Read more
View ArticleHip Hop and African American Memory
I’m Kinda Like W.E.B. Du Bois Meets Heavy D and the Boyz –Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, “Get Busy” (The Roots album, Rising Down, 2008) The world of hip hop provides Read more
View ArticleKeeper of the Stories
I just divvied up nine pounds of chuck roast between two slow cookers, layering each one on top of a bed of carrots and potatoes and onions, then a couple Read more
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