Brian K. Fennessy

Brian K. Fennessy is a Ph.D. Candidate in United States history at UNC-Chapel Hill. A native of Cranston, Rhode Island and an alumnus of Sewanee: The University of the South, Brian has both...

A Postracial Aftermath? Reconstruction’s Fantasy

The greatest danger of hoping for the “postracial” millennium is that like our Reconstruction-era forbearers, we will announce it too soon, blame the victims of forces we don’t want...