Past Voices
Trump Takes a Red Pen to History. By Frank Bruni / NYT
The Dubious History of America’s Most Famous Monarchist. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
Biden Posthumously Pardons Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey. By Colleen Long / HuffPost
The Great Migration and Black Women’s Political Work. By Katie Singer / AAIHS
More Than a Century After the Tulsa Race Massacre, One Question Endures: What Is Justice? Visuals by Joseph Rushmore and Text by Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why. By Bonnie Bolden / Clarion Ledger
In historically Black neighborhoods, the California wildfires could leave deeper inequality in its wake. By Andscape and AP
What Were The Slave Narratives? Why They Were So Important. By Bilal G. Morris / NewsOne
A look at Tallahassee’s first Black landowners after the Civil War. By Ana Goñi-Lessan / Tallahassee Democrat
Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82. By Harrison Smith / Wash Post
Not all insurrections are equal – for enslaved Americans, it was the only option. By Deion Scott Hawkins / The Conversation
History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism. By Michael Luo / The New Yorker
Inside The Quest To Save America’s Oldest Incorporated Black Town Of Brooklyn, Illinois. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
Biden to create two national monuments in California honoring tribes. By Maxine Joselow / Wash Post
The US Has Deported Immigrants En Masse Before. Here’s What Happened. By Ali Bianco / Politico
Richard Parsons, Serial Fixer of Media and Finance Giants, Dies at 76. By Benjamin Mullin / NYT
Family genealogy: For Black Americans, search offers trials, rewards. By Marc Ramirez / USA Today
Professor’s Research on ‘Sundown Towns’ Teaches About Racism. by Dierre Hartman / Capital B
Historic 16th Street Baptist Church awarded $2.5 million to expand and preserve its legacy. By Ayron Lewallen / WVTM13
Enslaved People’s Graves Discovered at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage. By Annie Correal / NYT
15 Rare Historical Facts About Native Americans That Deserve Attention. By Martha A. Lavallie / Viral Chatter
5 African-American veterans who fought for Civil Rights after returning home from World War II. By Todd Neikirk / Newsbreak
I’m a scholar of white supremacy who’s visiting all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed in recent years − here’s why Richmond gets it right. By David Cunnigham / The Conversation
Biden designates national monument at former Indian boarding school. By Toluse Olorunnipa and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. / Wash Post
What Reconstruction Still Has to Teach Us. By Brandon Tensley / Capital B
