Billie Holiday, ‘Strange Fruit,’ and the Resilient Myth of Martyrdom
A review of the film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and its portrayal of the singer as a...
From the Margins: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for Civil Rights and Her Message for Today
An interview with bestselling author Keisha N. Blain about her book, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring...
The Yellow Peril’s Second Coming
Amidst COVID-inspired racism, the connections between anti-Asian bigotry and Christian nationalism have returned with a vengeance
Malcolm X: Why El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Matters
What Malcolm X's teachings during the last months of his life, after he converted to Sunni Islam, can teach...
Religion in Lovecraft Country
A review of the racial and religious messages in the HBO horror series