Because the act of dancing is fundamentally tied to behavior and appearance, debates about dance have historically been connected to representations of race, gender, and even American national identity.
On January 22, 1944 —75 years ago today— President Roosevelt reversed himself and established the War Refugee Board. The remarkable story of FDR’s turnabout sheds light on America’s response to the most horrific humanitarian crisis of our time.
How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change
Indulging the practice of nostalgia is inherently selfish because it focuses entirely on their own experience of the past and not on the experience of others.
As a student at Spelman, at risk to herself, she rose to the defense of the Jewish historian Howard Zinn. She remains proud of that defense to this day.
Although the 1960s has been celebrated as a period of concern for equity and social justice, colleges showed scant concern for women as student-athletes.
