Imani Perry

How August Wilson became one of the country’s most influential playwrights.

A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.

'Did slavery make home always somewhere else?'

19th-century African American writer Charles Chesnutt’s subversive literature.

So many people taught us to be more than the hatred heaped upon us.

The Georgia governor’s election was the latest example of how James Madison’s words continue to shape our views on race.

Not directly. But it's more complicated than you think.

History haunts, but Alabama changes.