Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

Explore these articles, commentaries, and resources on the African-American experience in honor of Black History Month.

January 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On October 15, 2019, the John Dickinson Forum at George Fox University, a JMC partner program, is hosting JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola to speak on his new book, The Fire is Upon Us.

JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola has written a new book, The Fire is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America. It comes out in October 2019.

On August 28, 2019, Busboys Books is hosting a conversation between JMC faculty partner Nicholas Buccola and Jonathan Rauch about Buccola's new book, The Fire is Upon Us.

JMC faculty partner Andrew Delbanco has won a 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his book, The War Before the War, which explores how fugitive slaves helped push the nation towards civil war.

JMC Fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a new book about the national Democratic Party, race, and the lasting conservatism of the 1840s and 1850s. It will be released in April 2019.