Since its creation in 2010, Not Even Past has published a wide range of resources connected to Black History written by faculty and graduate students at UT and beyond. To mark Black History Month, we have collected them into one compilation page organized around 11 topics. These articles showcase groundbreaking research, but they are also […]
15 Minute History – Austin’s Black History
Guests: Javier Wallace, Race and Sport Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of African & African American Studies at Duke University Host: Alina Scott, PhD Candidate in the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin To kick off the new season of 15 Minute History, we sit down with Dr. Javier Wallace, founder and […]
iTunes Remembers Black History: The New Archive (No. 5)
February is Black History month. It is a time for remembrance and reflection for all Americans, but for Historians it is also a rich period for study and research. iTunes U, the academic branch of Apple’s iTunes store, is featuring a vast collection of first-hand oral histories, interviews, and lectures on the extensive history of African Americans.
Black Women’s History in the US: Past & Present
From the Editors: Not Even Past Second Editions update and republish some of our most important and widely read articles. Since the original publication of this article in April 2020, A Black Women’s History of the United States, authored by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross, has enjoyed remarkable success including numerous accolades. It […]
15 Minute History – Black Reconstruction in Indian Territory
Guest: Alaina Roberts, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh Host: Alina Scott, PhD Candidate in the History Department at the University of Texas at Austin Even before the Civil War, Indian Territory was home to a wide array of groups including Native American Nations, enslaved Indian Freed-people, African Americans, […]
3 Great Books (and a Podcast) About Animal History
From the editors: Since its creation, Not Even Past has published hundreds of reviews covering various periods, places, and issues. In this series, we draw from our archives to suggest three great books focused broadly on a single topic. This article presents three fascinating and essential studies related to Animal History. Whereas most historical narratives focus exclusively […]
Resources for Teaching Women’s History
From the editors: To mark Women’s History Month, we collected a range of Not Even Past articles and reviews and assembled them here, on a single page devoted to resources on women’s history. We’ve organized our content around seven topics. The articles grouped under each topic heading highlight groundbreaking research. However, they are also intended […]
Review of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (2016), by Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi’s magnum opus, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, is a transformative work that transcends traditional scholarship to provide a profound examination of the roots and manifestations of racism in the United States. Published at a critical juncture in history–marked by both symbolic progress and persistent racial […]
Review of The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of SNCC, by Cleveland Sellers (with Robert Terrell), 1990
The life of the American Civil Rights Movement of the mid-twentieth century was chaotic and confusing, and the telling of its history reflects this confusion. Often, the story of the movement is reduced to overly simplified depictions of a few prominent leaders: the righteous and powerful Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the brave and defiant […]
“Free Walter Collins!”: Black Draft Resistance and Prisoner Defense Campaigns during the Vietnam War
On December 10th, 1970, Dara Abubakari led a delegation of activists to Washington, D. C., where they visited the Department of Justice, the Selective Service headquarters, and the White House.[1] Activists representing a range of civil rights, Black nationalist, and anti-war organizations, including the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Republic of New Africa (RNA), […]