Autor: Hine Darlene Clark Hine

The Black Chicago Renaissance emerged from a foundational stage that stretched from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition to the start of the Great Depression. During this time, African American inno …

Inspired by the University of Illinois’s celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision’s fiftieth anniversary, this collection addresses the significance of Brown in the contributors’ lives …

Emancipation, manumission, and complex legalities surrounding slavery led to a number of women of color achieving a measure of freedom and prosperity from the 1600s through the 1800s. These black wom …

Beginning in the 1930s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that lasted into the 1950s and rivaled the cultural outpouring in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The contributors to thi …

Inspired by the searing story of Margaret Garner, the escaped slave who in 1856 slit her daughter’s throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, the essays in this collection focus on histor …

The presence of Blacks in a number of European societies has drawn increasing interest from scholars, policymakers, and the general public. This interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary collection pe …