Past Voices
This 45-year-old case explains the “Jim Crow juries” that still haunt Louisiana. By Richard A. Webster / Salon
Escaped slaves on St. Croix hid their settlements so well, they still haven’t been found – archaeologists using new mapping technology are on the hunt. By Justin Dunnavant / The Conversation
Mississippi Museum Acquires Gun Linked to Emmett Till’s Murder. By Emily Cochrane and Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
‘Katrina babies’ describe their ongoing recovery 20 years after deadly storm. By Katie Kindelan / ABC News
International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade: ‘Time to abolish exploitation once and for all.’ By United Nations
How the Irish Liberator helped liberate America’s enslaved. By Christian E. O’Connell / Wash Post
An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There. by Richard A. Webster / ProPublica
Why Republicans keep saying slavery was great. By Oliver Willis / Daily Kos
U.S. releases Emmett Till investigation records ahead of 70th anniversary of his killing. By AP and NBC News
A new reading of Sherman’s march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves. By Adria R. Walker / The Guardian
At Alabama plantation, families of enslavers and enslaved strike a deal. By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
As civil rights books are pulled from school shelves, one Alabama town is refusing to forget its story. By Annabel Grossman / Independent
A History of National Guard Deployments in Heavily Black U.S. Cities. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
Trump Against History. By The New Republic
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Broken Promise of ‘Brown v. Board of Ed.,’ Sixty Years Later. By Katrina Vanden Heuvel / The Nation
Trump Is Putting Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
What if Dred Scott Had Been Decided Correctly? By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
