Linda Hirshman is a historian of social movements. Her previous books document the struggle for gay rights, against sexual harassment, and for labor reform. But her most recent book, “The Color of ...

Patrisse Cullors speaks at her Thesis Solo Show on April 18, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Patrisse Cullors) *Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives ...

In his new book, The Conductor, Caleb Franz tells the story of Reverend John Rankin, a pioneering Ohio abolitionist who helped about 2,000 people flee from slavery. When Reverend John Rankin moved to ...

From the Underground Railroad and legal aid for oppressed people to legislative lobbying and military service, a new book, written by Rochester Institute of Technology History Professor Richard Newman ...

ASI Book Talks are collaborative events that bring together core and affiliate faculty from Africana Studies as well as undergraduate majors for a book discussion on a monthly basis during the ...

We speak with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors about her new book, “An Abolitionist’s Handbook,” which lays out her journey toward abolition and 12 principles activists can follow to ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...

The crushed remains of a dilapidated house on Route 10 in Marshville, south of Canajoharie, may look like just another rundown building. But research compiled in a book published recently by the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia's colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments of ...

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Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke emerged as prominent figures in the abolition movement. Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke, born in South Carolina, emerged as prominent figures in the abolition ...

At the New York Women’s House of Detention, three inmates stare out the windows, 1941. (Photo by Irving Haberman / IH Images / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 ...