Past Voices
Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights pioneer, advised presidents on ‘the problems of my people.’ By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
My Family Lost Our Farm During Japanese Incarceration. I Went Searching for What Remains. By Ruth Chizuko Murai / Mother Jones
Civil rights leaders of 1961 about resisting injustice today. By Mike Thompson / USA Today
Let’s Talk About the Taking of Black Land. By Eli Mystal / The Nation
The historical truth about women burned at the stake in America? Most were Black. By Kali Nicole Gross / Wash Post
In 1871, Congress Crafted a Law to Break the Klan. Today, It’s Targeting Trump. By Pema Levy / Mother Jones
Many African American last names hold weight of Black history. By Julia Craven / NBC News
The Afro Latino who redefined how Black history is remembered. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
Louisiana Civil Rights Trail marks a long road to equality. By Andrea Sachs / Wash Post
State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey. By Sally Greene / AAIHS
In 1939, Nazis packed Madison Square Garden to celebrate George Washington’s birthday. By Charles Jay / Daily Kos
Tuskegee’s Civilizing Mission. By Kenneth Smith / AAIHS
Charleston wharf to become International African American Museum. By Christine Fernando / USA Today
DuSable Museum’s ‘Equiano’ exhibit paired with Instagram film. By Darcel Rockett / Chicago Tribune
A century ago, Mississippi’s Senate voted to send all the state’s Black people to Africa. By Joshua Benton / Wash Post
Reliving a dark point in US history: Japanese American incarcerations. By Eve Chen / USA Today
First Black Congressman honored at U.S. Capitol. By Jaz Garner / CBS News
The Gilded Age’ Explores a Rarely Seen Chapter of Black History. By Dave Itzkoff / NYT
Beaten by the Klan in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him. By Martin Dobrow / Wash Post
The Philadelphia Inquirer set out to become an ‘anti-racist’ newspaper. That meant taking a tough look at its history. By Margaret Sullivan / Wash Post
The Zora Neale Hurston We Don’t Talk About By Lauren Michele Jackson / The New Yorker
How Black families, torn apart during slavery, worked to find one another again. By Claretta Bellamy / NBC News
‘What Took Us So Long?’: Black Caucus Members Propose Awarding 200,000 Black Civil War Vets Congressional Gold Medal. By Nicole Duncan-Smith / Atlanta Black Star
How 18th-century Quakers led a boycott of sugar to protest against slavery. By Julie L. Holcomb / RNS
Paul Robeson–The Revolutionary. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
The True Legacy of Lynching Lies in How We Remember the Victims. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
Did You Study the Slave Trade in School or Were You Out That Day. By A.E. Rooks / The Daily Beast
Black History Month founder showed how schools should teach about race. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
In Maryland, a segregated school is one of many in the country to be preserved. By Joseph Williams / Wash Post
First Black University of Alabama student to share a building name with a Klan Leader. By AP and NPR
