Duncan R. Jamieson is professor of history at Ashland University. He has a PhD in American intellectual history from Michigan State University.
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As Jeanne Theoharis shows, in their fight for civil rights, Martin and Coretta Scott King underscored how American cities outside the South upheld segregation in more insidious ways.
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From Reconstruction to the present, Brown traces the emergence and development of HBCUs, the competing visions for Black students' education, and the challenges faced along the way.
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Colleen Wessel-McCoy considers how Dr. King's attention to the intersections of racism, materialism, and militarism gave rise to the Poor People's Campaign.
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Curwood's account captures Chisholm's life in vivid detail while also serving as a primer on American politics.
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Clegg highlights how issues of race, identity, and political polarization shaped Obama's legacy and the nation’s future.
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Raymond Arsenault's new biography of Lewis probes the iconic civil rights leader's lifelong pursuit of justice.
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Similar to the Reconstruction era after the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, the Third Reconstruction continues the legacy of the struggle for full rights and dignity for Black Americans.
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David Hackett Fischer explores the diverse African traditions that shaped American institutions and history.
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Even many years after abolition, the horror of chattel slavery continues to leave a lasting mark on American society.
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Siracusa charts the legacy of nonviolence, leading up to its use as a prominent political tool in the Civil Rights Movement.