In 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois published Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860–1880. At that time, The American Historical Review did not review the book because the editors did not recognize it as history. The journal is reckoning with racist aspects of its work and influence; 88 years later, Elizabeth Hinton, alumni fellow (2012-14) and associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University, writes the long overdue review. Read The Last Great Battle of the West.
Citation: Elizabeth Hinton, “The Last Great Battle of the West”, The American Historical Review, Volume 127, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 1909–1915, https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhac454