Paul Ortiz is the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and professor of history at the University of Florida. His most recent book is An African American and Latinx History of the United States.
The Pursuit of Truth in the Delta
Against the Current, No. 204, January/February 2020
1919 Elaine Massacre
Against the Current, No. 204, January/February 2020
Florida Today: "Worse Than Mississippi"
Against the Current, No. 181, March/April 2016
C.L.R. James' Visionary Legacy
Against the Current, No. 156, January/February 2012
Segregation and Black Labor Before the CIO
Against the Current, No. 138, January/February 2009
The Reparations Demand in History
Against the Current, No. 102, January/February 2003
The Anatomy of A Rebellion
Against the Current, No. 84, January/February 2000
Convict Labor in America
Against the Current, No. 72, January/February 1998
African-American Resistance to Jim Crow in the South
Against the Current, No. 60, January/February 1996