--- title: Elizabeth Hinton | TIME description: Hinton is a professor of history and African American studies at Yale University. Her new book isAmerica on Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s. canonical: https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Elizabeth Hinton  ## Elizabeth Hinton Hinton is a professor of history and African American studies at Yale University. Her new book is[_America on Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s_](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781631498909)_._  ## Elizabeth Hinton *  May 18, 2021 ### [We Misunderstand What Happened After LA Exploded in 1992](https://time.com/6049185/los-angeles-rodney-king-misunderstand-what-happened/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 20, 2015 ### [Why We Should Reconsider the War on Crime](https://time.com/3746059/war-on-crime-history/) Fifty years after it began, the initiative has brought America to a crossroads [HISTORY](/section/history/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/","name":"Elizabeth Hinton"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/"},"name":"Elizabeth Hinton","jobTitle":null,"description":"Hinton is a professor of history and African American studies at Yale University. Her new book isAmerica on Fire: The Untold Story of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta66fb2556552cb66/698a19c016d884d304c39618/Elizabeth-Hinton-bw.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-hinton/","sameAs":["https://x.com/elizabhinton"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```