In last week’s post, we featured articles from the OHR archive that use oral history to help readers consider issues related to anti-racism. Today we recommend books reviewed in past issues that will further our exploration of white privilege, civil rights, and systemic racism. In this second installment of our recommended reading list, editorial interns […]
In our latest installment of OHR Conversations, our recorded conversations with oral history practitioners and scholars, Yolanda Hester shares the process and outcomes of creating Community and Commerce: Oral Histories of African American Businesses in Los Angeles. OHR Conversations, between Yolanda Hester and OHR co-editor Janneken Smucker, recorded May 7, 2020 Listen to audio only. […]
We’ve asked authors of books that were recently reviewed in the Oral History Review to answer 5 questions about why we should read them. In our latest installment of the series, Melissa Cooper discusses her Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination Read the review by Robin M. Morris in OHR. What’s it […]
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, PBS will air its award-winning documentary Brother Outsider, which tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay Black activist, and organizer of the 1963 March. The film will be broadcast on Wednesday, August 28th at 7 pm and midnight, EST. It will also be streaming […]
