In 1919, William Grant Still was in his 20s — many years from the eminence he would later enjoy as the widely acknowledged “dean” of…
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Historian of Race in America Gets an Unusual Four-Book Deal
The historian Martha S. Jones has a nose for writing deeply researched histories that land in the middle of the rough and tumble of our…
Opinion | We Are Leaving ‘Lost Einsteins’ Behind
In the international competition to produce a work force equipped to cope with accelerating rates of technological innovation, the United States is leaving hundreds of…
From the Lindy Hop to Hip-Hop in One Improvising Body
If you want to understand the connections between jazz dance and its progeny you could read a book or take a course. But how much…
The Twists and Turns of Black History
UNTIL JUSTICE BE DONEAmerica’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to ReconstructionBy Kate Masur480 pp. Norton. $32. Assertions that the modern struggle for civil…
Gone but Never Forgotten in a Quilt
Peggie Hartwell, a fourth-generation quilter from South Carolina, has found it hard to return to her needlework since she completed “Ode to George Floyd,” in…