Past Voices
Thomas Jefferson’s DNA Finally Confirms What Black People Already Knew. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Whites Only. By Ari Berman and Pema Leny / Mother Jones
From Abolitionist to Race Woman: Charlotte Forten’s Black Feminist Legacy. By Mickell Carter / AAIHS
Slavery was not a footnote to British history. It helped shape the nation. By William Pettigrew / The Guardian
Native American ideas helped shape the Revolution – and the America of today. By Scott Baldauf / CS Monitor
The Black Intellectual Traditions That Shaped Frederick Douglass. By Russell Crosthwait / AAIHS
63 Years Later: Remembering the Four Black Girls Murdered in Birmingham’s Church Bombing. By Angela Wilson / The Root
Trump Admin Removes Information on Slavery From Former Confederate Statue Site. By Chris Walker / Truthout
What Howard Zinn Got Wrong. By Heath W. Carter / The Atlantic
The Bill Headed to Newsom’s Desk That Could Force Corporations to Confess Their Slavery Ties. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Virginia Removes Three Confederate Memorials From Richmond. By AP and HuffPost
Trafficked on the last US slave ship, Cudjo Lewis never returned home to Benin. But his descendant has. By Adria R. Walker / The Guardian
How Paul Williams Built White and Black Los Angeles. By Jori Finkel / NYT
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump. By Haley Britzky / CNN
40 Acres and a Lie Part 2. By Reveal / Mother Jones
Birmingham church bombing wasn’t an isolated act of terrorism – there were dozens of attacks on Black houses of worship during the Civil Rights Movement. By Jason Wollschleger / The Conversation
How Maryland is Reckoning With Forgotten Black Boys Who Died in State Care More Than a Century Ago. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism. By Peter Cole / The Nation
How Much Do You Really Know About Black August? The Legendary Prison Protests That Launched a Legacy of Resistance. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Bryan Stevenson on the “Enduring Evil of Slavery” and Trump’s Attempt to Rewrite History. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
Black Folks Built Wealthy Neighborhoods Across America—Where Are They Now? By Asheea Smith / The Root
W.E.B. Du Bois Doc ‘Rebel With a Cause’ Isn’t History — It’s a Survival Guide for This Moment. By Nii-Quartelai Quartey / The Root
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche: The Story Of The Only Black Passenger Aboard The Titanic. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
It Wasn’t a Civil War. It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. By Anthony Conwright / NYT
How an 1876 massacre of Black men in South Carolina turned racial terror into political power. By Jacob Ware / The Conversation
Miami Turns 130, And The Black History Behind The Magic City Runs Deeper Than Most Know. By Keytron Hill / Baller Alert
