Past Voices
Florida Republicans want to block removal of Confederate monuments. By Gary Fineout / Politico
Efforts to memorialize lynching victims divide American communities. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
91 Years in a Segregated Mental Institution. By Linda Villarosa / NYT
The Senate’s only Black Republican now loves Trump. It’s not a good look. By Lz Granderson / LA Times
Notoriously Conservative 5th Circuit Court Of Appeals Was Once A Leader In Expanding Civil Rights. By Jonathan Entin / TPM
Why Did Nat Turner “Confess”? By Patrick Rael / AAIHS
Heather Cox Richardson and the battle over American history. By Kim Phillips-Fein / The Nation
What Is the History of Fascism in the United States? By Richard J. Evans / The Nation
121 potential gravesites found in former Black cemetery at Air Force base. By AP and NPR
Haley sparks a 2024 debate: Whether the U.S. is (or ever was) a racist country. By Mariana Alfaro and Maegan Vazquez / Wash Post
The suppressed history of the civil rights movement that could help defeat Donald Trump. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
Confederate monuments spark debate about history. By Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News
How we learn to see history: A case study at the National Cathedral. By Sarah Lewis / Wash Post
Convict Leasing in the Family. By Menika Dirkson / AAIHS
Letter from Selma. By Renata Adler / The New Yorker April 2, 1965
Black Music Sunday: We won’t water down the songs we sing for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address – Lincoln Memorial / National Park Service
W. E. B. Du Bois on Black ‘Double-Consciousness.’ / The Atlantic August 1897 Issue
