Book Review
A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
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“Roberta’s Fire”: Homophobia, hate, redemption in a Texas town
May 5, 2014I had some mind-traveling to do in reading "Roberta's Fire," by Texas songwriter-singer-journalist Kelly Sinclair.
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“Reds At The Blackboard”: More positive view of today’s Communist teachers
January 22, 2014More historians are beginning to paint a more objective, balanced, and positive picture of the role of the CPUSA in the U.S. labor movement.
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Black superheroes forever changed comic books
December 17, 2013Adilifu Nama's Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes does a great job of introducing many of today's comic book fans with the history of African Americans in comic books and pop culture generally.
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“Night People”: Humanity, New York style
December 4, 2013Night People and Other Tales of Working New York is a new collection of short stories and poems reflecting the struggles of average citizens and workers in New York City and beyond.
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