WHAT MOTIVATES AMERICA’S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Even with few exceptions, the American civil rights movement has never been led on a political platform. Instead, religion has … More

RELIGION HAS BEEN THE MOTIVATING FORCE IN AMERICA’S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Even now, with very few exceptions, the American civil rights movement has never been led on a political platform.

American slavery: Separating fact from myth

Economists and historians have examined detailed aspects of the enslaved experience for as long as slavery existed. My own work enters this conversation by looking at the value of individual slaves and the ways enslaved people responded to being treated as a commodity.

Do We Care About Statues

Last Sunday, June 7, it was a cheering feeling for me when the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol got pulled down as a result of the killing of George Floyd by the police in the US.