Past Voices
A hero finally receives his overdue recognition: The Medal of Honor. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement. By Patricia Leigh Brown / NYT
Judge Clears Court Record Of Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin. By Jay Reeves / HuffPost
Slavery and Reconstruction-era violence still shape our legal system. By Tiffany Wright / USA Today
The incredible story of William Leidesdorff, San Francisco’s Black founding father. By Benjamin Schneider / SFExaminer
(Re)locating Sites of Memory in Appalachia Through Black Spaces and Stories. By Kristen McCullum / AAIHS
Gun Control and Black America. By Alani Golanski / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s accuser is still alive and must be brought to justice. By Deborah Watts / USA Today
How Louisiana students fought segregation and secured protest rights. By Bailey Loosemore / USA Today
‘Terrifying’ Nashville statue of Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest is removed. By Gillian Brockell / WashPost
‘All Hope Was Lost’: A Sustainable Black Georgia Community Seized, Destroyed to Make Way for UGA Dorms, Now Descendants Are Demanding Reparations. By Finurah Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
The Justice Department closes its investigation into the lynching of Emmett Till. By AP and NPR
Black Radicalism and the Right to Bail. By Tony Pecinovsky /AAIHS
‘Spirit of resistance’: Marking 500 years since the first slave revolt in the Americas. By Kynala Phillips / NBC News
Nevada governor apologizes for state’s past role in Indigenous schools. By AP and NPR
Descendants of Marcus Garvey press Biden for posthumous pardon. By DeNeen L. Brown
Enslaved Women’s Sexual Health: Reproductive Rights as Resistance. By Crystal Webster / AAIHS
From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Enslaved to a Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France. By Martha S. Jones / NYT
The Black people who lived in Walden Woods long before Henry David Thoreau. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Burial Ground Under the Alamo Stirs a Texas Feud. By Simon Romero / NYT
Unfinished History of Indigenous Slavery In America. By Kevin Waite / The Atlantic
The Conspiracy Theories About Jewish Americans Fueling Today’s Far-Right Have Long Been A Part Of US History. By Jonathan D. Sarna / TPM
Dear White People: Here’s How to Honor Native American. By Mary Annette Pember / Mother Jones
University System of Georgia to keep names on buildings with ties to slavery and white supremacy. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Being American means reckoning with our violent history. By Ken Burns / Wash Post
56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn. By Jonah E. Bromwich, Ashley Southall and Troy Closson / NYT
NYC Panel Votes To Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue From City Hall. By Karen Matthews / HuffPost
The Storm Over the American Founding: A Review of Woody Holton’s “Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution.” By Eric Herschthal / TNR
Who gets to vote? USA TODAY event looks at history of racism and voting rights. By USA Today
