Claude McKay

A new book on Claude McKay is part of an effort to place the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance within the Black radical tradition.

Considering the suppressed legacy of Claude McKay’s two “lost” novels, “Amiable with Big Teeth” and “Romance in Marseille.”

In the 1930s, Soviet leaders decided that black American authors could teach Russians “to write social poetry.”

Uncovering a tradition of African American radicalism that was—and is—a crucial part of the American left’s history.

The confluence of Black modernity, self-determinism, and belongingness of Harlem's housing.

Pauline Hopkins, Booker T. Washington, and the Fight for The Colored American Magazine.

Digging down into the roots of white America’s infatuation with Black.

Acknowledging the queer culture of the Harlem Renaissance is essential in order to paint a full picture of the period.

Why are Chicago’s race riots of 1919 overlooked in the city’s collective memory? A new project tells the stories of the 38 killed, and the legacy of racism in the U.S.

When modern conservatives associate activists of color with communism, they’re drawing on a racist history that goes back over 100 years.

Rumors ran wild as white mobs assaulted black residents who in turn fought back, refusing to be intimidated.

The Red Summer represented one of the darkest and bloodiest moments in American history.

The history of Black Socialism in America.

Interpreting dreams for fun and profit. The importance of oneiromancy (dream reading) to American betting culture.

In 1919, white Americans visited awful violence on black Americans. So black Americans decided to fight back.