Author: Michael T. Barry Jr.

Michael T. Barry Jr., Editor, is a doctoral candidate in history at American University in Washington, DC. Michael is also a documentary filmmaker, specializing in oral history. His films “U Street Contested” and “The Universal Soldier: Vietnam” have won and been nominated for numerous awards, as they have screened at film festivals and historic venues across the country. He teaches American history at Montgomery College in Maryland. Follow him on Twitter at @MTBarryJr.

by Michael T. Barry Jr. February 3, 2022 0

Book Review: Radical Documentary and Global Crisis

Radical Documentary and Global Crisis feels both like a much-needed acknowledgment of the significant work so many activist filmmakers have put forth in the modern age and at the same time, a call for more activist, “radical” filmmaking in the years to come.

by Michael T. Barry Jr. December 18, 2020 0

December 2020

An Anti-Islamophobic President?

Can Muslim Americans trust Joe Biden to be an anti-Islamophobic president? Or, will they face more of the same in a long history of American Islamophobic policy?

by Michael T. Barry Jr. August 1, 2020 0

August 2020

Time to Cancel 2020 Baseball Season: A Lesson for Colleges and Universities

The MLB in-person COVID experiment has been a failure. Colleges and universities should take note of this failure and act accordingly.

by Michael T. Barry Jr. January 6, 2020 2

January 2020 Media and Reviews

The Rise of Skywalker’s Activist Historian

Beaumont Kin is a good example of how those within the profession should embrace the activist historian mantle in our own time and in our own, very real world.

by Michael T. Barry Jr. September 12, 2019 0

Media and Reviews September 2019

Book Review: How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi’s much-anticipated second book, How to Be An Antiracist, hit shelves across the world last month.

by Michael T. Barry Jr. October 1, 2018 0

October 2018

Are Millennials Still Feeling the Bern?

In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders was far and away the favorite candidate of young people in the US. Two years later and two years closer to 2020, is Sanders and his message still resonating with millennials and would they support him again?

by Michael T. Barry Jr. February 14, 2018 1

February 2018

U Street Contested: A New Film on Washington D.C.’s U Street

In 2017, U Street is as Dr. Derek Hyra explains “gentrification gone wild.” With this in mind, D.C. residents must ask, how can we honor the cultural, political, and artistic history of U-Street while simultaneously achieving economic growth?