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Peniel E. Joseph

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Reclaiming the American Story

To Heather Cox Richardson, the battle for our history is the battle for our democracy. And we may be nearing the endgame.

by Peniel E. Joseph via Democracy Journal on September 18, 2023
The Story We’ve Been Told About Juneteenth Is Wrong

The real history of Juneteenth is much messier—and more inspiring.

by Peniel E. Joseph via Texas Monthly on May 18, 2023
"Until I Am Free"

An online roundtable on a new biography of Fannie Lou Hamer.

by Danielle L. McGuire, Peniel E. Joseph, Rhonda Williams, Stefan M. Bradley via Black Perspectives on October 3, 2022
The Death That Galvanized Malcolm X Against Police Brutality

Decades before protests against mass incarceration galvanized the black freedom struggle, Malcolm indicted the entire justice system as racist.

by Peniel E. Joseph via Literary Hub on June 23, 2020
It Really Is Different This Time

Two dozen experts consider the George Floyd protests in light of protests past.

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Keisha N. Blain, Mark Bray, Clayborne Carson, Lee Drutman, David Greenberg, Vanita Gupta, Mark Holden, Nancy Isenberg, Peniel E. Joseph, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Michael Nutter, Omar Wasow, Will Stancil, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Walter Olson, Kay C. James, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Heather Boushey, Corey Pegues, Christopher S. Parker, Simon Balto, Chuck Wexler, Abdul El-Sayed, Monica C. Bell via Politico Magazine on June 4, 2020
A Revolution of Values

Martin Luther King Jr. proposed a fix for America’s poisoned soul: ending the Vietnam War.

by Peniel E. Joseph via Lapham’s Quarterly on April 6, 2020

The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

What Dignity Demands

A new book persuasively places Malcolm X and Martin Luther King at the center of each other’s most dramatic transformations.

by Brandon M. Terry via New York Review of Books on February 18, 2021

Martin Luther King Jr., left, and Malcolm X, right.

MLK’s Famous Criticism of Malcolm X Was a ‘Fraud,’ Author Finds

Alex Haley’s transcript of his famous 'Playboy' interview with Martin Luther King Jr. does not match what was published.

by Gillian Brockell via Retropolis on May 10, 2023

Bayard Rustin gestures at a zoning map.

Bayard Rustin: The Panthers Couldn’t Save Us Then Either

Rustin’s assessment of the lay of the political land was predicated on a no-nonsense understanding of the radicalism of the moment.

by Adolph Reed Jr. via Nonsite on January 8, 2023

The Country That Could Not Mourn

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

by Sarah Jaffe via The New Republic on September 23, 2022

Stokely Charmichael with microphone, speaking to crowd. Supporters are standing behind him on stage.

The Birth of Black Power

Stokely Carmichael and the speech that changed the course of the civil rights movement.

by Sally Greene via The American Scholar on April 26, 2021

A Black Power Method

A Black Power method moves to destabilize or interrogate dominant white perspectives in mainstream media outlets, government records, and in the very definition of what constitutes a credible source.

by N. D. B. Connolly via Public Books on June 15, 2016

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