Ira Berlin's work focuses on American history, particularly the history of slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. Published in 1974 his first book, “Slaves Without Masters: The Negro in the Antebellum South,” won the National Historical Society's Best First Book Prize. His most recent book published this year, “The Long Emancipation: The Demise of … Continue reading Ira Berlin (1941-2018)
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VIDEO: Scholars on History, Slavery, and Defining Black America
Historians and scholars discuss who is considered 'black' in America. In the video: Ira Berlin, Elsa Barkley Brown, Tiya Miles, Dylan Penningroth, and Deborah Gray White. May 20, 2016. Video below: View it here: Defining Black America, May 20 2016 | Video | C-SPAN.org
Grandin, O’Malley, Ferrer, Berlin, and 12 Years a Slave Win Awards from the American Historical Association
The American Historical Association has awarded Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave the John E. O'Conner Film Award for "outstanding interpretations of history through film" in the category of "Dramatic Feature." Other winners include....
EDITED: Horton and Horton on Slavery and American Memory
James Oliver Horton and Lois E Horton. Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. via UNC Press: America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars … Continue reading EDITED: Horton and Horton on Slavery and American Memory
BOOK: Mintz & Stauffer, et. al. on the Problem of Evil & Slavery
Mintz, Steven, and John Stauffer. The Problem of Evil: Slavery, Freedom, And the Ambiguities of American Reform. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. From the University of Massachusetts Press website: Leading scholars explore the moral dimension of American history A collective effort to present a new kind of moral history, this volume seeks to show … Continue reading BOOK: Mintz & Stauffer, et. al. on the Problem of Evil & Slavery
Jacqueline Jones on Berlin’s The Making of African America
"Ira Berlin begins this book by recounting a conversation he had several years ago with a small group of black radio technicians, most of them recent immigrants born in Africa or the Caribbean. He had just been interviewed on a local public radio station on the topic "Who freed the slaves?" Berlin had argued that … Continue reading Jacqueline Jones on Berlin’s The Making of African America
Boston Globe Reviews Berlin’s The Making of African America
"After the death of John Hope Franklin last year, tributes to the distinguished historian cascaded down. A major newspaper in North Carolina declared that Franklin, who retired from Duke University, “gave definition to the African-American experience.” That was a slight exaggeration, overlooking as it did predecessors such as Carter G. Woodson, creator of what has … Continue reading Boston Globe Reviews Berlin’s The Making of African America
Charles F. Irons reviews Gabor Boritt and Scott Hancock’s Slavery, Resistance, Freedom (2007)
"Gabor Boritt and Scott Hancock, editors of Slavery, Resistance, Freedom, have combined under one cover six fine essays that illustrate ways in which African Americans shaped the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The slim volume is a fine capstone to a generation of scholarship in which historians have come to understand black Americans … Continue reading Charles F. Irons reviews Gabor Boritt and Scott Hancock’s Slavery, Resistance, Freedom (2007)
U.S. Senate Apologizes for Slavery
On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the United States Senate passed a non-binding resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the wrongs of slavery. The resolution did not offer reparations. via Faculty Lounge: This follows on the heels of the Brown University's Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, which issued its report in 2006, as well as several … Continue reading U.S. Senate Apologizes for Slavery
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