In one of the worst instances of racist violence in American history, a group of white people slaughtered black residents of Tulsa. For decades, city leaders rarely acknowledged it in public. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Archaeologists plan to excavate part of a cemetery in Tulsa, Okla., to see if it holds the remains of black residents slaughtered […]
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Biography of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad | ThoughtCo.
Magical realism meets real life in the acclaimed journalist’s debut novel about American slaves escaping to the north [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] William Still (October 7, 1821–July 14, 1902) was a prominent abolitionist who coined the term Underground Railroad and, as one of the chief “conductors” in Pennsylvania helped thousands of people get free and settled away […]
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The 15th Amendment Was Ratified 150 Years Ago, but the Fight to Protect Black Voters Continues | Teen Vogue
OG History is a Teen Vogue series where we unearth history not told through a white, cis-hetero-patriarchal lens. In this edition, Jameelah Nasheed explains how the fight for Black voters’ rights has changed in the 150 years since the 15th Amendment was ratified. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] On February 3, 1870 — 150 years ago today — […]
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A look at the Casual Killing Act of 1669 that made it legal to kill a slave at will | Face2Face Africa
What escapes many people is that the whimsical killing of enslaved Blacks in the U.S. during slavery, and even after by white folks without punitive consequence is based on laws passed by white politicians, who happened to be plantation owners as well. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] One such devious law is the Casual Killing Act of 1669 […]
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$27 Million for Reparations Over Slave Ties Pledged by Seminary | The New York Times
The Princeton Theological Seminary said it was committed to “telling the truth” about its ties to slavery. Black students don’t think it goes far enough. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A New Jersey seminary has pledged to spend $27 million on scholarships and other initiatives to address its historical ties to slavery, in what appears to be the […]
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Op-Ed: California’s forgotten slave history | Los Angeles Times
Separated by just 60 miles along the I-10, Los Angeles and San Bernardino feel worlds apart. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The former boasts some of the richest urban developments and residential pockets in the nation. The latter — a “broken city,” as this newspaper put it in 2015 — struggled through five years of bankruptcy and municipal […]
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We need to talk about slavery’s impact on all of us | The Guardian
How should we address the longterm trauma that was caused? As professor of the history of slavery, I aim to find out
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Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed in World War I | Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Books presents ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I
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Will America’s Universities Point The Way Towards Reparations For Slavery? | Forbes
Georgetown University recently announced that it plans to raise around $400,000 a year to pay for reparations. They would go to the descendants of enslaved people who were exploited by Jesuit plantations and who were eventually sold to bring revenue to the university. A number of other universities, including Princeton Theological Seminary, have also announced […]
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Why We Need A Serious Reeducation On Slavery | Blavity
Our education systems tend to provide students with a truncated version of the actual horrors of slavery.
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