Past Voices
The contradictions of the American Revolution. By Gerld Horne / The Nation
The Entwined History of Capitalism and Race in the Americas and Beyond. By Bill Fletcher Jr. / The Nation
One of America’s Last Black Homesteads Is Fighting to Preserve Its Full Story. by Aallyah Wright / Capital B
Tulsa at a Crossroads. By Kristal Brent Zook / The Nation
The Betrayal of Black Patriots. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
National Civil Rights Museum unveils new institute in honor of late civil rights leader. By lydian Coombs / Action News 5
To Understand the American Revolution, I Went to Barbados. By Russell Shorto / NYT
How slavery built Connecticut and still shapes the state more than 250 years later. By Tyler Fedor / CT Insider
Memorial Day started with freed Blacks decorating soldiers’ graves in 1865. By Erick Johnson / The Chicago Crusader
The South: Stuck in the Sunken Place Ever Since the Civil War. By William Spivey / Level
A Black community fled a Virginia island. Reclaiming their history opened old wounds. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
Top Civil Rights Activist and Lawyer For MLK Jr., Clarence B. Jones, Dies At 95. By Caroline Wilburn / HuffPost
A house divided and indecent. By Kelly Brown Douglas / Christian Century
Philadelphia will celebrate Ona Judge Day to honor Martha Washington’s enslaved maid who made a daring escape to freedom. By Timothy Welbeck / The Conversation
Here’s What a Complete Return to Jim Crow Could Look Like. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
A Family Secret No More. By Susan Saulny / NYT
Courtney B. Vance on W.E.B. Du Bois’ Unfinished Fight: ‘We Got to Do Our Own Thing.’ By Ny MaGee / Eurweb
America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today. By Scott Baldauf, Colette Davidson and Whitney Eulich / CSM
Charleston’s Gullah Geechee Community Demand 7,000 Acres in Reparations. By Aallyah Wright / Capital B
How the Slaveholding Founders Really Felt About Slavery. By Timothy Sandefuir / Reason
‘Disgrace’: Horror as red state’s new history course calls slavery a ‘necessary evil.’ By Bennitol L. Kelty / Raw Story
Md. Gov. Wes Moore unveils marker honoring Black boys buried at Maryland reform school. By Bolarinwa Oladeji / The Grio
Trump’s dog whistles and prosecutions echo Nixon’s racist strategy. By Heather Digby Parton / Salon
How Harriet Tubman and Philadelphia abolitionists coordinated dangerous journeys to freedom. By Nilgun Anadolu-Okur and Jeremy Mennis / The Conversation
Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the First Successful Slave Revolt in America. By William Spivey / Levelman
Defending the truth: The fight for Black history in 2026. By Bria Nelson / The Hill
