Videos

Columbia University presented the Bancroft prize to the 2022 winners, authors Mia Bay (Traveling Black) and Mae Ngai (The Chinese Question).

University of Pennsylvania American history Professor Mia Bay looked at the history of race and travel in America. This was a virtual event hosted by the Mark Twain House and Harriet Beecher…

Scholars talked about the contributions, sacrifices, and challenges faced by African Americans who served in the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. Under the terms of the Emancipation…

Mia Bay talked about her book To Tell the Truth Freely: The Life of Ida B. Wells (Hill and Wang; February 17, 2009). In her book she recounts the life of journalist Ida B. Wells (1862 - "193…