In Memoriam: Larry Kenneth Alexander, Founder and President
Larry Kenneth Alexander, devoted husband, father, grandfather, community advocate, and independent scholar, passed away on May 4, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following a short and sudden illness. He was 74.
Larry Kenneth Alexander to Speak at ASALH 2025 Conference
Larry Kenneth Alexander, Founder and President of the Ida B. Wells Center on American Exceptionalism and Restorative Justice, will be speaking at the 110th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
In Memoriam: Dr. James Brewer Stewart
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Dr. James Brewer Stewart, a cherished member of the Advisory Board of the Ida B. Wells Center.
For American racism, slavery was only the beginning
Ending our fixation on slavery and focusing on what happened next could help us move…
Radical history
“The thesis that U.S. slavery was not legal creates cultural and cognitive dissonance—it necessitates a rewriting of America’s historiography,” Alexander says. “This has radical implications for academia.”