In “The Beautiful Struggle,” Professor Daphne Brooks writes a poignant “meditative syllabus” on Saidiya Hartman’s latest book, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments:...
In this New York Times op-ed, ”Lincoln Would Not Recognize His Own Party,” historian David Blight takes measure of how the contemporary Republican Party has transformed from...
The New York Times Magazine published an essay by poet Claudia Rankine that reflects on what it means to examine white male privilege in American society. The essay, “I...
David William Blight has been appointed the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies, Yale News announced today. Blight is a...
