The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, by Manisha Sinha, professor of Afro-American studies, has been chosen by Harvard historian Sven Beckert as one...

Few scholars can boast the academic pedigree of Afro-American Studies professor and chair John Bracey. His family comprises four generations of teachers. Bracey’s grandparents were teachers and his...