Past Voices
Donald Trump’s new “American Midnight” is upon us. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
These Iconic Landmarks Were Built By Black Americans. By Mahalia Otshudy / The Root
History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans. By Eduardo Porter / The Guardian
Trump ‘OK’ with DC statue honoring Civil War leader who fought for slavery: ‘Lot of people in this room’ agree. By Andrew Feinberg / Independent
Our HBCU We Never Knew and the arts center, artists, and scholars working to keep its memory alive. WPLN
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told. By Kurt Streeter / NYT
‘The Birthplace Of African American History’ Is A Fascinating Florida Landmark Hidden In A Stunning State Park. By Hannah Saab / Islands
The Forgotten Fight: 10 Black Suffragists Who Battled For The Vote Beyond The 19th Amendment. By Black Enterprise Editors
Beyond Tulsa: Uncovering America’s Forgotten Black Wall Streets And Their Legacies Today. By Jazmin Goodwin / Yahoo news
Remembering Dr. Quintard Taylor, a Historian Who Made Black History Accessible. By Lola E. Peters / Emerald
A Bold Design for a New South. By Martin Luther King Jr. / The Nation
Lt. Col. George E. Hardy, Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100. By Chandelis Duster / NPR
Assata Shakur, a fugitive American activist, dies in Cuba. By AP and NPR
A year before the Little Rock Nine, Bobby Cain helped integrate Southern schools. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
How Black Ancestors Overcame Adversity, Racism, Discrimination. By Phenix S. Halley / The Root
Activists vow to protect display on George Washington’s tie to slavery. By Phaedra Trethan / USA Today
The Little Rock Nine Made History On This Day 68 Years Ago. By Ahsan Washington / Black Enterprise
Members of Md. Black Caucus vow action to restore neglected graveyard. By Katie Mettler and Michael Brice-Saddler / Wash Post
National parks axe signs about climate, slavery and Japanese internment. By Jake Spring / Wash Post
So You Want a Civil War? Let’s Pause to Remember What One Looks Like. By David Blight / TNR
Trump Admin Orders Removal Of Notable Photo Of Formerly Enslaved Man From National Park. By Ben Glanchet / HuffPost
National Center for Civil and Human Rights expands at a critical moment. By Errol Burnett / CBS News
5 Little Girls And The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. By Anoa Changa / Newsone
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence. By Maurizio Valsania / The Conversation
The Ritual of Civic Apology. By Beth Lew-William / The New Yorker
The Courtroom Gladiator Who ‘Made America America.’ By Ed Rampell / The Progressive Magazine
U.S. Took Gullah Geechee Land in WWII. They Want It Back. By Adam Mahoney / Capital B
Amid debate about U.S. history, Harlem Hellfighters receive Congressional Gold Medal. By Alana Wise / NPR
Slavery Was Not Just Forced Labor but Sexual Violence Too. By Channing Gerard Joseph / The Nation
Trump’s ‘crusade to rehabilitate the Confederacy’ has backfired: conservative analyst. By Robert Davis / Raw Story
