Whose Middle Ages? Remembering Early African-American Efforts to Claim the Past | by Matthew Vernon

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African-Americans have long pushed back against the notion that
whiteness, and “white medieval history,” are the full story of America’s
foundation. African Americans resisted and subverted the dominant myths
of the nation. Looking at these acts of resistance can tell us a great
deal about alternative—but equally valid—ways of perceiving American
history.

To read more about ways in which African Americans strove
to strove to forge a more comprehensive, difficult, and ultimately
positive conception of the medieval world, read Dr. Vernon’s new book The Black Middle Ages: Race and the Construction of the Middle Ages. It is available through Palgrave McMillan, or on Amazon.com now.

Whose Middle Ages? Remembering Early African-American Efforts to Claim the Past | by Matthew Vernon