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Jim Crow Compounded the Grief of African American Mothers Whose Sons Were Killed in World War I | Smithsonian Magazine

November 11, 2019January 27, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Smithsonian Books presents ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I

Why We Need A Serious Reeducation On Slavery | Blavity

October 17, 2019July 22, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Our education systems tend to provide students with a truncated version of the actual horrors of slavery.

UVA grants full alumni status to black nurses who earned it decades ago | UVA Magazine

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, UVA Magazine CLAUDE MOORE HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY. Featured Image [dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome 20 years ago, longtime friends Louella Walker (Nurs ’58) and Mary Jones (Nurs ’61) were browsing a former teacher’s estate sale when they unearthed a brown bag filled with black-and-white photos. Staring back at them were their own faces, alongside those of […]

How white women’s “investment” in slavery has shaped America today |Vox

September 9, 2019August 5, 2020African American History, Black History ...

White women are sometimes seen as bystanders to slavery. A historian explains why that’s wrong.

Tracee Ellis Ross Wants Us to Celebrate the ‘PATTERN’ of Our Natural Hair | Black Enterprise

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019KINDR'D, KINDR'D Magazine ...

Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton, Black Enterprise Image Credit, FacebookFeatured Image [dropcap]Add[/dropcap] haircare entrepreneur to the many titles that define Tracee Ellis Ross. She announced, via Twitter and Instagram, the launch of her new product line, PATTERN, which debuts Sept. 9. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “Thrilled to introduce PATTERN // my new hair care brand specifically for curly, […]

Despite pushback, Charleston historic sites expand their interpretation of slavery | The Post and Courier

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton, The Post and Courier A row of enslaved people’s homes are still present on McLeod Plantation Historic Site on Monday Aug. 26, 2019, in Charleston. Gavin McIntyre/ Staff. By Gavin McIntyre gmcintyre@postandcourier.com Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] recent years, Charleston-area historic sites have dramatically increased their interpretation of slavery and its vital role […]

The Former Slave Who Sued for Reparations, and Won | The New York Times

September 5, 2019October 22, 2019African American History, Black History ...

Henrietta Wood sued the man who had kidnapped her into slavery for damages and lost wages, offering lessons for today’s debate.

Dred Scott Decision: The Case and Its Impact | ThoughtCo.

August 30, 2019August 16, 2020African American History, Black History ...

By Robert Longley, ThoughtCo. Dred Scott v. Sandford, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, declared that black people, whether free or slave, could not be American citizens and were thus constitutionally unable to sue for citizenship in the federal courts. The Court’s majority opinion also declared that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was […]

‘Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master’ | GOOD.IS

August 30, 2019August 18, 2020African American History, Black History ...

Anderson’s letter showed compassion, defiance, and dignity.

The founding family you’ve never heard of: The black Tuckers of Hampton, Virginia | USA Today

August 23, 2019November 10, 2019African American History, Black History ...

HAMPTON, Va. – As Walter Jones walks his family’s ancient cemetery, shovel in hand, he wonders about those who rest there. The gravestones date back as far as the 1800s. Some bear the names of folks Walter knew; some have faded to illegibility; some are in pieces. And, under the brush he’s cleared away and […]