About Jemar Tisby, PhD
What is Footnotes?
I’m Jemar Tisby—historian, author, and public scholar committed to telling the full story of race, religion, and justice in America.
Footnotes is where I connect the dots between history and current events so you can understand what’s happening—and why it matters. I write with the conviction that history isn’t just about the past. It’s about power, faith, identity, and the choices we make today.
My focus is on uncovering the uncomfortable truths often left out of textbooks and sermons: how racism has shaped American Christianity; how resistance movements were fueled by faith; and how people of courage have fought for justice in every generation.