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Before Douglass Spoke, Ruggles Opened the Door
When David Ruggles opened his bookshop and reading room in lower Manhattan in 1834, he was 24 years old and already tired of compromise.
Closing the Gate on King, History & Culture
Why the Trump administration ended free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth—while adding the president’s birthday—and how conservative activists are reshaping the story of ci
The Cemetery Was Never Empty
A lawyer in Tampa, a historian in Portsmouth and a forensic anthropologist in Montana are part of a national effort to reclaim Black burial grounds the nation tried to forget.
Not Just ‘Tired’
rosaparks:Not JustTIRED How years of quiet rebellion led Rosa Parks to say no on a Montgomery bus, and yes to a dangerous new role Share fb tw ln pin fb tw ln pin By KOLUMN Magazin
Sidney Poitier at the Lincoln Memorial: How a Hollywood Icon Turned His Stardom Into Civil Rights Power at the 1963 March on Washington
Sidney poitier at the lincoln memorial HOW A HOLLYWOOD ICON TURNED HIS STARDOM INTO CIVIL RIGHTS POWER AT THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON Share fb tw ln pin fb tw ln pin By KOLUMN Mag
Panels Honoring Black WWII Soldiers Quietly Removed in the Netherlands, Prompting Outcry and Questions Over U.S. Policy Influence
PANELS HONORING BLACK WWII SOLDIERS QUIETLY REMOVED in the Netherlands, Prompting Outcry and Questions Over U.S. Policy Influence Two memorial panels honoring African American sold
The story of how Michael King Jr. became Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo, Courtesy of McCrear Family THE STORY OF HOW MICHAEL KING JR. BECAME MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. On his 90th birthday, a look at the civil rights leader’s childhood name change
Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Photo, Courtesy of McCrear Family REMEBERING MATILDA, THE LAST SURVIVOR OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE January 13 marks 85 years since the death of Matilda, whose name at birth
In 1967, a Black Man and a White Woman Bought a Home. American Politics Would Never Be the Same.
IN 1967, A BLACK MAN AND A WHITE WOMAN BOUGHT A HOME. AMERICAN POLITICS WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. What happened to the Bailey family in the Detroit suburb of Warren became a flashpo
Their ancestors were enslaved and forced to work in the fields. Now, one family hopes to help alleviate hunger abroad by drawing from generations of farming knowledge
THEIR ANCESTORS WERE ENSLAVED AND FORCED TO WORK IN THE FIELDS. NOW, ONE FAMILY HOPES TO HELP ALLEVIATE HUNGER ABROAD BY DRAWING FROM GENERATIONS OF FARMING KNOWLEDGE Everyday when