In addition to teaching African American history, my research focuses on progressive impulses among African Americans and authentic and independent strains of black radicalism in the twentieth century. In both my courses and writing I emphasize the key events, themes, and people that have shaped African American and American history, paying special attention to African Americans’ responses to racism and discrimination, their efforts to carve out a place for themselves in a modernizing America, and their forthright demands for equal justice and civil rights.Teaching and Research Specializations:20th Century U.S. History;African American History;Race, Labor, and Social Movements in Modern America.