It was the map, overlaying the enormous countries of Angola and Mozambique on Europe, that initially intrigued me. Sometimes you really...

A couple of weeks ago at an interesting forum hosted by the SC Human Affairs Commission and the SC Collaborative for Race and...

This week I'll be attending my first conference as a member of the venerable Association for the Study of African American Life and...

The History Press released my new book, A History of the Baha'i Faith in South Carolina, at the end of February, and I'm excited about...

In recent days the sitting governors of South Carolina and Florida have each referred to their political opponents as animals. It is no...

Whoa! I'm not a poet, and I try not to curse quite as much as this guy, but his analysis of whiteness is pretty spot-on. I've been...

This arrived in the mail yesterday, and after perusing the prologue just now, man oh man, am I looking forward to reading this! I...

Good gracious God! Looking for a quick and easy way to tell if NFL owners really care about black lives or are just in it for the money?...

Yesterday among the many Memorial Day tributes I saw on social media, I was particularly struck by one from the Reconstruction Era...

Thanks to Joseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project for sharing this blog post from our historic preservation colleague Brittany...