Dr. Amy Bass is delivering a lecture on her book, Those About Him Remained Silent: The Battle over W. E. B. Du Bois on Dec. 15th at The College of New Rochelle in New York. The event is free and open to the public. Click here for details. -Read a recent piece by Bass on … More A collision of racism, patriotism, and global politics
This week, The Root published a Top-10 list by John McWhorter on books on race that haven’t received “the treatment” (Oprah, The New York Times, etc.), and that should be more widely read. Whorter writes: And for every book on any subject that gets “the treatment,” there are a couple of others that get lost … More Books on race that also deserve "the treatment"
Jennifer Howard’s latest Hot Type column in The Chronicle features black feminist critic Michael Awkward, author of Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat, who explains why he is a longtime fan of Imus in the Morning: As he relates in the new book, Mr. Awkward stumbled on Imus in the Morning in 2000, long … More Burying Don Imus: ‘That book’ by ‘that guy’
We are pleased to announce that Fred Ho, artist, activist, scholar, and author of Wicked Theory, Naked Practice, is set to receive the distinguished Harvard Arts Medal on November 13th at Harvard’s New College Theater. Actor John Lithgow (Harvard ’67) will be there to present the award and host a discussion on Ho’s career and … More Fred Ho to receive Harvard Arts Medal
Karin Aguilar-San Juan is associate professor of American studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. With a comparative and race-cognizant approach, Karin Aguilar-San Juan explores how Vietnamese refugees and immigrants retain their identities in the U.S. in her new book, Little Saigons: Staying Vietnamese in America. She agreed to answer a few questions with … More Little Saigons: Staying Vietnamese in America
This post is by Dr. Amy Bass, associate professor of history at The College of New Rochelle and author of Those About Him Remained Silent: The Battle over W. E. B. Du Bois and Not the Triumph but the Struggle: The 1968 Olympics and the Making of the Black Athlete. History is never about the … More Obama, Du Bois and Hitler: "Qui tacet consentire videtur" ("Silence gives consent")
Debra Dickerson calls it “the book America didn’t know it needed.” Library Journal calls it “an unsettling and illuminating argument.” Don Imus himself has expressed on his radio show that it has “a lot of big words.” Today, Michael Awkward, author of Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat, has agreed to answer a few … More ‘The book America didn’t know it needed’
