Past Voices
Last Known Slave Ship Is Remarkably Well Preserved, Researchers Say. By Michael Levenson / NYT
The Fight to Remember the Black Rebellion at Igbo Landing. By Remenda Cyrus / Mother Jones
New venue for revised look at U.S. racism’s history: roadside markers. CBS News
How the Hart–Celler Act Changed America. By Ruth Milkman / Dissent
What Made Black History in 2021? By Dodal Stewart / NYT
70 Years Ago Black Activists Accused the U.S. of Genocide. They Should Have Been Taken Seriously. By Alex Hinton / Politico
Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue to replace Confederate figure at the Capitol. By Kynala Phillips / NBC News
Black Remembrance and Racial Violence in New Orleans. By Sowande’ M. Mustakeem / AAIHS
A hero finally receives his overdue recognition: The Medal of Honor. By Editorial Board / Wash Post
A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement. By Patricia Leigh Brown / NYT
Judge Clears Court Record Of Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin. By Jay Reeves / HuffPost
Slavery and Reconstruction-era violence still shape our legal system. By Tiffany Wright / USA Today
The incredible story of William Leidesdorff, San Francisco’s Black founding father. By Benjamin Schneider / SFExaminer
(Re)locating Sites of Memory in Appalachia Through Black Spaces and Stories. By Kristen McCullum / AAIHS
Gun Control and Black America. By Alani Golanski / AAIHS
Emmett Till’s accuser is still alive and must be brought to justice. By Deborah Watts / USA Today
How Louisiana students fought segregation and secured protest rights. By Bailey Loosemore / USA Today
‘Terrifying’ Nashville statue of Confederate Nathan Bedford Forrest is removed. By Gillian Brockell / WashPost
‘All Hope Was Lost’: A Sustainable Black Georgia Community Seized, Destroyed to Make Way for UGA Dorms, Now Descendants Are Demanding Reparations. By Finurah Contributor / Atlanta Black Star
The Justice Department closes its investigation into the lynching of Emmett Till. By AP and NPR
Black Radicalism and the Right to Bail. By Tony Pecinovsky /AAIHS
‘Spirit of resistance’: Marking 500 years since the first slave revolt in the Americas. By Kynala Phillips / NBC News
Nevada governor apologizes for state’s past role in Indigenous schools. By AP and NPR
Descendants of Marcus Garvey press Biden for posthumous pardon. By DeNeen L. Brown
Enslaved Women’s Sexual Health: Reproductive Rights as Resistance. By Crystal Webster / AAIHS
From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
