The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made by Calvin Schermerhorn www.amazon.com/Plunder-Blac...

"Both books excel at showing how disproportionately Black wealth has suffered from both racist policy and financial shocks." @newrepublic.com reviews The Plunder of Black America by Calvin Schermerhorn

"the only way to understand this country—the only way to love this country—is to tell the truth....that chattel slavery,which lasted in the British American colonies & then the American nation for nearly 250 years, was indeed quite bad" @clintsmithiii.bsky.social‬ www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"the only way to understand this country—the only way to love this country—is to tell the truth about it. . . . chattel slavery, which lasted in the British American colonies and then the American nation for nearly 250 years, was indeed quite bad." -Clint Smith www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

“every apparent step forward is matched by a quiet reversion—each gain followed by a new, more elusive form of loss. Redlining gives way to ‘predatory inclusion’….School desegregation in the cities sparks white flight“ -Idrees Kahloon on The Plunder of Black America www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted. Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Looking for heroes, you say? Let us introduce you to the abortion rights activists who took on Alabama's attorney general—and won. So many lessons here for the post-Roe era. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Broke-ish® with Erika( @brownerika.bsky.social )Brown & Amber Sims "Make it Make (Dollars and) Sense: What Malcolm X Taught Us About Money" Dr. Calvin( @calscherm.bsky.social )Schermerhorn #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDMR...

Now more than ever, knowing our history - the good and the terrible - is vital for American democracy. I hope you will read and share my intro story in Verite News' new project about the slave trade in New Orleans. #NOLAsky #NOLA veritenews.org/2025/05/29/d...

There are books. Somehow despite so many years of work I wasn’t quite prepared for actual books?! Official pub next week. More coherence inc thanks for v lovely advance praise soon.

“Morrison came to appreciate the power of directly exploring the inner and outer dimensions of Black life….Morrison’s mode was to be relentlessly demanding—of herself, her authors, and her Random House colleagues.” —@clintsmithiii.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I will be talking to the Rev. William Barber--one of our nation's leading moral voices and an important part of "No Kings"--on Substack Live at 12:30 ET today. I hope you'll join us. (If you're not a subscriber, free or paid, you can sign up here: america.substack.com)

When Canada was the Promised Land: What Canada Taught America about Freedom and Inclusive Democracy "From Canada, black authors were able to read, write, & proclaim injustices free from persecution in America" #BlackPast #Canada #BlackHistory @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/06/04/w...

When Canada was the Promised Land: What Canada Taught America about Freedom and Inclusive Democracy "From Canada, black authors were able to read, write, & proclaim injustices free from persecution in America" #BlackPast #Canada #BlackHistory @yalepress.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/2025/06/04/w...

Dorothy A. Brown says The Plunder of Black America “sets out in clear and exquisite detail the huge obstacles placed in the path of African Americans who simply wanted to become self-sufficient & leave their children with brighter futures” lnkd.in/gXwhCUqs GooglePlay play.google.com/store/audiob...

Picked up a hitchhiker by the cemetery. When I dropped her off at her house - she disappeared! Her mom came out & said that on the anniversary of her death, Lisa always “comes home.” Yipes! I returned to the cemetery the next year and told Lisa about taxi-hailing apps. It’s not safe to hitchhike!

“If a billionaire bought one of your local haunts,renamed it,humiliated the employees,brought back ppl who’d been banned for harassing other regulars,eliminated basic rules of decency..taking your business elsewhere wouldbe perfectly rational”@cwarzel.bsky.social‬ www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

It's here: #Slaveryarchive Most anticipated books of 2025. Pre-order. Repost. Spread the word. Schedule book talks. Assign. Read. www.slaveryarchive.com/most-anticip...

You can read an excerpt of @calscherm.bsky.social’s “The Plunder of Black America” at the link below.

More cruelty for cruelty's sake. "A longstanding program connecting young adults from diverse backgrounds with summer jobs in the National Park Service was canceled indefinitely earlier this spring." www.sfgate.com/national-par...

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social excerpts "The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made" in a recent substack: www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering... Full disclosure: I wrote the book and thank Steven tremendously for the piece!

The National Park Service May Soon Cease to Exist as a Viable Federal Agency 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

I taught Reed and Story's "Fifteen Cents on the Dollar" in my class on the history of racial economic inequities in America. It's a brilliant yet challenging book; its subtle message is that the centuries-long racial wealth and income divide is extremely hard to narrow as their subjects discovered.

The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made will be published by @yalepress.bsky.social on 2/11. It shows the profound continuities over 400 years as well as the historically specific conditions of each family’s story. Preorder on Google Play: play.google.com/store/audiob...

@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social excerpts "The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made" in a recent substack: www.americaamerica.news/p/plundering... Full disclosure: I wrote the book and thank Steven tremendously for the piece!

BOOK REVIEW: “Fifteen Cents on the Dollar," by Louise Story and Ebony Reed, highlights the importance of understanding racial wealth disparities throughout U.S. history. See more here: https://bit.ly/3EPB7UN

"Park service employees were instructed late last week to submit their updated resumes by noon Tuesday and prepare for more staff reductions..." www.sfgate.com/national-par...

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

Not All Confederate Monuments Were 'Built to Remind Black People Exactly Who Was in Charge' 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Historian here on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War OTD this is still the best read by my former colleague at @umassamherst.bsky.social Chris Appy www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Right on cue. Today, the American Battlefield Trust sent me a fundraiser letter looking for donations to save a small plot of land on the Antietam battlefield. The entire NPS system is in jeopardy and ABT has said nothing about it. Like I said, the Civil War community has been largely silent.

one of the many things missed by the people who complain about “woke” for a living is that the spread of wokeness is as much of a function of demand as supply

Dongni Hou, Chinese (1987- ), The Peace I Have Now is Worth Everything Lost, 2024, tempera on canvas, antique frame, 55.9 x 38.1 cm, private collection

The audiobook version of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE will be released a week from today. You can preorder your copy now via Apple Books or wherever you purchase your audiobooks. books.apple.com/us/audiobook... 🗃️

Now available wherever you buy your audiobooks! 🗃️

Absolutely sickening.

Hey #skystorians if you are in the area join us for the Draper workshop at @uconn.bsky.social tomorrow April 17th on American empire. We have a star line up: Greg Grandin, Moon Ho-Jung, @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social Simpson, and Lauren Tuarek. Details in the poster below.

What did racism have to do with the Eaton fire's destruction in California? I dug into the city's history with a little help from UCLA's Bunche Center, which explored the data: chicagodefender.com/how-racism-f... @theconversation.com

Revealing: the work of enslaved carpenters whose expertise is revealed 250+ years later at Mount Vernon during a renovation. I wrote about one of them, Morris, who worked on George Washington’s 1759 reno and managed Dogue Run farm for 20 years all while enslaved. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Beyond barking… On-The-Ground Orgs, Organizers, Activists, Strategists, and Street Journalists — on the frontlines of intersectional movements

Revealing: the work of enslaved carpenters whose expertise is revealed 250+ years later at Mount Vernon during a renovation. I wrote about one of them, Morris, who worked on George Washington’s 1759 reno and managed Dogue Run farm for 20 years all while enslaved. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena − a scholar explains why discrimination can raise fire risk for Black Californians @us.theconversation.com @calscherm.bsky.social theconversation.com/how-racism-f...

How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena. In the fire prone city, homeowner groups blocked Black buyers, who gained a toehold in the 1960s-70s before being priced out in the 90s. Older homes on smaller lots with aging owners were likelier to burn theconversation.com/how-racism-f...

It’s Jazz Appreciation Month! Celebrating Billie Holiday today. #jazzsky youtu.be/lI5ORDi7yOs?...

National Park Service Restores Some Edited Webpages about Harriet Tubman 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena. In the fire prone city, homeowner groups blocked Black buyers, who gained a toehold in the 1960s-70s before being priced out in the 90s. Older homes on smaller lots with aging owners were likelier to burn theconversation.com/how-racism-f...

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

Not a single person saying this is going to work one of these jobs, nor have they likely ever worked these jobs in the past. But also, what made these jobs bearable was they were well-paying union jobs where you traded monotony, physical toil for a good middle-class life. They aren’t offering that.

🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸

If you’re not following @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social or reading his substack America, America! it’s time…