Formed in the late 1960s, the Young Patriots Organization was a Chicago-based radical group made up of young white migrants from Appalachia and the South who helped found Black Panther activist Fred Hampton's Rainbow Coalition. The YPO grew from a local street gang into a powerful political and social force in the city's Uptown neighborhood, where ......
Formed in the late 1960s, the Young Patriots Organization was a Chicago-based radical group made up of young white migrants from Appalachia and the South who helped found Black Panther activist Fred Hampton's Rainbow Coalition. The YPO grew from a local street gang into a powerful political and social force in the city's Uptown neighborhood, where ......
Landmarks with great historical, architectural, and cultural value are often demolished in the name of progress, leaving little but memories behind. In the growing city of Raleigh, many important buildings have been razed, but even when no longer present, these landmarks hold histories that can help us understand not only what Raleigh used to look ......
Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives
Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure of Topsy-an enslaved girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Many interpret the works of authors such as Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, and Hannah Crafts as rejecting Topsy and providing their own ......
Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives
Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure of Topsy-an enslaved girl in Harriet Beecher Stowe's influential novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Many interpret the works of authors such as Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, and Hannah Crafts as rejecting Topsy and providing their own ......
Many of the sights and sounds that Americans associate with slavery are rooted in a grand historical myth. The image of the Big House, sitting atop carefully manicured rolling green hills is, in large part, a fantasy-as is the idea of the plantation as an expansive family home to chivalrous planters and happy slaves. Still, these myths persist. ......
Many of the sights and sounds that Americans associate with slavery are rooted in a grand historical myth. The image of the Big House, sitting atop carefully manicured rolling green hills is, in large part, a fantasy-as is the idea of the plantation as an expansive family home to chivalrous planters and happy slaves. Still, these myths persist. ......
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory
A striking triptych once displayed in countless African American households, the Trinity typically features Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy. More than decoration, these portraits were deliberate acts of memory and quiet resistance, a medium through which African Americans asserted their own narratives of hope, leadership, ......
John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory
A striking triptych once displayed in countless African American households, the Trinity typically features Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy. More than decoration, these portraits were deliberate acts of memory and quiet resistance, a medium through which African Americans asserted their own narratives of hope, leadership, ......
