Clint Smith

Harriet Beecher Stowe said that Josiah Henson’s life had inspired her most famous character. But Henson longed to be recognized by his own name.

The captain of the U.S. soccer team is the latest in a long line of sports stars who have had to wrestle with a complex legacy on the world stage.

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

In Maryland, a memorial for two lynching victims reveals how America is grappling with its history of racial terror.

I had sung the Black National Anthem countless times, but hearing those words reverberate around me in this place, on this day, moved me in a new way.

For some Americans, history isn’t the story of what actually happened; it’s the story they want to believe.

The Federal Writers’ Project narratives provide an all-too-rare link to our past.

An image from the Capitol captures the distance between who we purport to be and who we have actually been.

Considering Du Bois' complex ideas on the role of black artists in the struggle against white supremacy.

A reminder of history's proximity is prompted by a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.