Children Are Our Past
The stories of enslaved children not only deserve to be told, but also contribute new interpretations of the past, furthering studies of community, family, and resistance.
Tag: History
“No’m, I aint tellin’ no lies. It de gospel truf”: Historical Memory and the Slave Narrative Collection
by Sarah Whitwell How the past is remembered is as much a subject of historical inquiry as what transpired inContinue Reading
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.
White Supremacy in the Academy: The 1913 Meeting of the American Historical Association
The men of the Dunning School might not advise theses any more, and the historical interpretations these men crafted might now be largely discredited and discarded. But their legacies remain.
Clapperclawing White America: Black Protesters, the Kerner Commission, and Striving for an Antiracist Democracy
The anti-racist protests of the Kerner Commission reveal that if structural racism can be overcome in U.S. democracy, the moral weight of white supremacy must be eradicated otherwise democratic protest will forever be read as a threat.
Burning Borders: Disability Brought to Bear
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our October 2019 issue, “Burning Borders: Disability Brought to Bear.”
Call for Contributors: Antiracism in America
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our September 2019 issue, “Antiracism in America.”
A Voice Not Heard at Home
To the present and past Mexican farmworker families of Tulare County: I write for you and walk alongside you. Mis vecinos, you are right. You belong here, just as your history of endurance and resilience belongs in our archives.
What Does it Mean to Be an Activist Historian?: A Roundtable with the Editors
“I see my duty as an activist-historian to also uplift the voices of other activist-historians who may not be traditional historians, but are doing essential historical work, by highlighting their historical-activism on any platform available and joining them in direct action whenever possible.”
An Exhibit on 1950s Life Reproduces Segregation
The BOOM exhibit successfully erases the Black experience in Montgomery County during the 1950s.
