Law & Public Safety
“Firearms and Violence Under Jim Crow”
That’s the title of a new paper by Clemson economists Michael D. Makowsky and Patrick L. Warren. From the Abstract: We assess firearm access in the U.S. South by measuring…
African-American history
Education
An unintended consequence of Brown v. Board of Education
Madeline Will of Education Week has a fascinating story about the dismissal and resignation of black educators after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Will…
Liberty
Distorting the Past at the National Museum of African American History
At the Hill, Mark Paoletta reports that: The National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened to much celebration and acclaim last month, bills itself as the “only…
Liberty
Pope Foundation profiles N.C. History Project director
The John W. Pope Foundation turns its spotlight on N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler. Many historians refer to the years between 1890 and 1950 —commonly known as the “Jim…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The N.C. Revenue Department has generated some concern by sending out nearly 150,000 “Notices of Intent to Assess,” a document that looks like a tax bill. Barry Smith explains why…
Education
Resident, President
The following is a memo from teachers at Tipps Elementary School in Houston, TX (courtesy of The Blaze): Attached is a chant about President Barack Obama. All Kindergarteners will be…
Liberty
How Much Wealth Could Have Been Created?
Today, my commentary regarding the Wilmington Race Riot was published in the Wilmington StarNews. The piece offers a different interpretation and points out the economic growth of the African American…
Liberty
In the Books
In Freedom Daily, George Leef reviewed Elizabeth Price Foley’s Liberty for All: Reclaiming Individual Privacy in a New Era of Public Morality. Troy Kickler’s “A Limited Revolution: Black Baptists In…
Liberty
At large
As only he can, the N&R’s Jim Schlosser traces the origins of the system that not only has allowed Dianne Bellamy-Small to sit on Greensboro’s city council, but disallows the…
Liberty
Individuals and Ideas are Important, by Golly!
Out this month in the fall edition of Tennessee Baptist History, in time for a handful of specialists to read, is Troy Kickler‘s article “A Limited Revolution: Black Baptists in…
Liberty
Appreciating History
Dr. Troy Kickler delivered a presentation at Western Carolina University entitled “Separated from the Family: Black Orphans and Apprentices in Reconstruction Tennessee.” The public and the academy were represented in…
Liberty
Exploring History
Dr. Troy Kickler, Director of the North Carolina History Project, will have three pieces published in the near future. Publisher Marshall Cavendish of Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to…