Past Voices
Renowned as a Black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery. By Tyler Perry / AAIHS
Prince Hall, American Revolutionary. By Danielle Allen / The Atlantic
The Value of the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
The complex history of Alexander Twilight, Middlebury’s first Black graduate. By Marina Affo / USA Today
The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered. By Karen Sieber / The Conversation
Anna Deavere Smith on Forging Black Identity in 1968. By Anna Deavere Smith / The Atlantic
The Unfulfilled Promise of Julian Bond. By Gene Seymour / The New Republic
Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today. By Paul Ringel / The Conversation
Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South. By Ashley Farmer / The Conversation
How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics. By Cheryl Thompson / The Conversation
The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism. By Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker
How a Three-Word Phrase Sabotaged Black Voting Rights, and How They Can Be Reconstructed. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
When Gandhi Introduced America’s Civil Rights Leaders to Nonviolence. By Peter Eisenstadt / The Daily Beast
2 Confederate statues were removed in Georgia within 3 days. By Hollie Silverman and Melissa Alonso / CNN
Black History Month: Meet the man who created it. By CNN Staff
My great-grandmother exposed lynchings. This is what she would say about the Capitol riot. By Michelle Duster / CNN
The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale. By Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
Trump’s 1776 Commission Was Unintentionally Revealing. By Michael Kazin / NYT
He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? By Rachel Poser / NYT
What this 18th century poet reveals about Amanda Gorman’s success. By Manisha Sinha / CNN
Mitch McConnell Should Leave the History Lessons to Others. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
What Ulysses Grant Can Teach Joe Biden About Putting Down Violent Insurrections. By Casey Mitchel / Politico
Emmett Till’s Chicago House Gets Landmark Status Amid Plans For Black Heritage Site. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power. By Jeanne Theoharis / AAIHS
US Senate has only had 11 Black senators in its 232-year history. By Faith Karimi / CNN
Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy. By Laura Smith / NYT
How enslaved Black people helped make Washington our nation’s capital. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Raphael Warnock and the Solitude of the Black Senator. By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
Lincoln Knew in 1838 What 2021 Would Bring. By Bret Stephens / NYT
