Past Voices
A stunning find in his family tree: The Bushes’ ancestors enslaved his relatives. By Tara Bahrampour / Wash Post
Charlotte Forten Describes Life on the Sea Islands. By Charlotte Forten Grimke’ / The Atlantic (May 1864 Issue)
Scientists identify victim of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in mass grave. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
After MLK’s home was bombed, he refused to back down: ‘This movement will not stop. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Born into slavery, he rose to the top of France’s art world. By Sebastian Smee / Wash Post
Woodland Plantation house, site of Louisiana slave revolt, under Black ownership. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Tessie Prevost, who integrated New Orleans public schools, has died. By Debbie Elliott / NPR
Trump’s Lust for Expulsion Has Deep Roots. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
The Forgotten Black Explorers Who Transformed Americans’ Understanding of the Wilderness. By Amanda Bellows / Smithsonian Magazine
Who Died in the Tulsa Race Massacre? By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
How White Supremacy Became A Part Of American Culture. By Newsone Staff
Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society. By Kevin A. Young / The Conversation
‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’: The History of Frederick Douglass’ Searing Independence Day Oration. By Olivia B. Waxman / Time
Descendants Push for Monument at Tulsa Race Massacre Site. By Brooke Leigh Howard / Daily Beast
A Visual History of the Harlem Renaissance. By The New York Times
Looking forward and back as the Civil Rights Act turns 60. By Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today
How Black Americans have been cheated out of land ownership – and the movement to reverse this . By Andrew Lawrence / The Guardian
THE PACIFIC: The Warriors That HBO Forgot – Black Soldiers In the Pacific. By Ronald David Jackson / Internet Archive
