Past Voices
75 Years Later, the Lasting Impact of Executive Order 9981. By Liann Herder / Diverse Issues In Higher Ed.
A rare look at one of the “I Have A Dream” speech drafts. By Nicole Killion / CBS News Video
Since their foundings, HBCUs have been a white supremacist target. By Saida Grundy / The Guardian
White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different. By Rodney Coates / The Conversation
Fani Willis proves the skeptics wrong: 18 co-defendants is a big problem for Donald Trump. By Amanda Marcotte / Salon
The Forgotten Radicalism of the March on Washington. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Florida Wanted “Opposing Viewpoints” on Slavery in A.P. African American Studies Course. By Ella Sherman / TNR
The Day Black Boys Burned: Uncovering The 1959 Fire At The Negro Boys Industrial School. By Bilal G. Morris / Newsone
More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed. By Dana Hedgpeth and Emmanuel Martinez / Wash Post
The 1963 March on Washington Changed America. Its Roots Were in Harlem. By John Leland / NYT
Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square. By AP and Andscape
Betty Tyson, Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder, Dies at 75. By Sam Roberts / NYT
For true national unity, the Confederate Memorial at Arlington must go. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
How the words of ‘I Have a Dream’ soared and challenged the nation 60 years ago. By John Avlon / CNN
Don’t listen to the critics: reparations for slavery will right historical wrongs. By Kenneth Mohammed / The Guardian
A Black man’s brutal murder has faded from a Texas town’s memory. By Emanuel Felton / Wash Post
Women at the first March on Washington: a secretary, a future bishop and a marshal. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Using Frederick Douglass to Rationalize Slavery? In Florida, Yes! By Charles M. Blow / NYT
How GOP lawmakers are pushing for Confederate monuments to be (legally) set in stone. By Abhinav S. Krishman / USA Today
The Man Who Made the Suburbs White. By Mark Dent / Slate
Morgan Freeman Shines Long-Overdue Spotlight On Black War Heroes In New Documentary. By Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost
Georgia Indictment Lessons From the South’s History of Democratic Decay. By Anthony Michael Krels / NYT
On The Anniversary of Michael Brown, Other Protests to Remember. By Jessica Washington / The Root
Revealing the Smithsonian’s Racial Brain Collection. By Nicole Dungca and Claire Healy / Wash Post
Documentary traces history of policing the Black community – from slavery through present day. By Stanley Nelson, Valerie Scoon and Allie Weintraub / ABC News
’10 Million Names’ project aims to recover hidden history of enslaved African Americans. By Terri Martin and Allie Weintraub / ABC News
