The History of Racism and Racist Violence: Contextualizing Violence in a Pandemic

This resource is part of the AHA’s The History of Racism and Racist Violence. 

“From Bath Riots to Blocking Asylum: Public Health and Race at the US-Mexico Border” by Arabella Delgado (Perspectives on History, 2022)

“The Pandemic and History” by David Arnold, Pablo F. Gómez, Maria John, Angela Ki Che Leung, Kalala Ngalamulume, and Dora Vargha (American Historical Review, 2022)

“Searching for Lutiant: An American Indian Nurse Navigates a Pandemic” by Brenda J. Child (Perspectives on History, 2022)

“Beyond 2020: Collecting Time Capsules in a Year of Pandemic” by Adam Clulow and Daina Ramey Berry (American Historical Review, 2021)

“A Bibliography of Historians’ Responses to COVID-19” addresses current and historical public health crises within the context of xenophobia, racism, and racial inequity. (American Historical Association, 2020–21)

“History and Historians in Response to COVID-19: Containing Contagion,” a Virtual AHA webinar with Keith A. Wailoo, Peter Baldwin, Elena Conis, George Dehner, Yanzhong Huang, and Bob Reinhardt (YouTube, 2020)

“History and Historians in Response to COVID-19: Infection and Inequality,” a Virtual AHA webinar with Evelynn M. Hammonds, Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr., Alan Kraut, Michael Spencer, and Keith A. Wailoo (YouTube, 2020)

“History and Historians in Response to COVID-19: Plagues Past and Present,” a Virtual AHA webinar with Peter Baldwin, Mariola Espinosa, Evelynn Hammonds, Mark Harrison, Gregg Mitman, and Ruth Rogaski (YouTube 2021)

“Precedents for a Pandemic: Reflections on Disease and Indigenous Communities” by Seth Archer (Perspectives on History, 2020)