W.E.B. Du Bois

Reflecting on the tremendous impact of "The Souls of Black Folk," on the 150th anniversary of Du Bois' birth.

A major black novelist made a remarkable début. How did he disappear?

The canonical image of Martin Luther King Jr. neglects many of his most important intellectual, ethical, and political critiques.

Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.

America loves pitting black intellectuals against each other, but today's activists need both Coates and West.

Medicine’s dark history helps explain why black mothers are dying at alarming rates.

We remember WWI as an unexpected catastrophe. But for the millions living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new.

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.

What are Latin American ideas about race, and how have they been formed in relation to the U.S. and vice versa?

The answers are just as important as the stories that our history books tell.

Americans should build this pivotal post–Civil War era into the new politics of historical memory.

A 1928 essay by W.E.B. DuBois on the legacy of Robert E. Lee.

The battle against the remnants of Confederate sentiment is a battle against both white supremacy and class rule.

They force us to remember the worst parts of our history.

Remembering the "Silent Protest Parade."

The visualizations condense an enormous amount of data into a set of aesthetically daring and easily digestible visualisations.

For much of the twentieth century, African Americans embraced eugenics as a means of racial improvement.

Richard Spencer is a troll and an icon for white supremacists. He was also my high-school classmate.

Kente serves as more than a pop of color at college graduations.

She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle-and the women's movement. Why haven't you heard of her?