Past Voices
Burial Ground Under the Alamo Stirs a Texas Feud. By Simon Romero / NYT
Unfinished History of Indigenous Slavery In America. By Kevin Waite / The Atlantic
The Conspiracy Theories About Jewish Americans Fueling Today’s Far-Right Have Long Been A Part Of US History. By Jonathan D. Sarna / TPM
Dear White People: Here’s How to Honor Native American. By Mary Annette Pember / Mother Jones
University System of Georgia to keep names on buildings with ties to slavery and white supremacy. By Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Being American means reckoning with our violent history. By Ken Burns / Wash Post
56 Years Ago, He Shot Malcolm X. Now He Lives Quietly in Brooklyn. By Jonah E. Bromwich, Ashley Southall and Troy Closson / NYT
NYC Panel Votes To Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue From City Hall. By Karen Matthews / HuffPost
The Storm Over the American Founding: A Review of Woody Holton’s “Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution.” By Eric Herschthal / TNR
Who gets to vote? USA TODAY event looks at history of racism and voting rights. By USA Today
FBI Harassment of Black Families. By Denise Lynn / AAIHS
The Familial Fight Against Racism. By Holly Pinheiro / AAIHS
Two hundred years later, a long-lost document sheds light on the purchase of Liberia. By Ray Cavanaugh / Wash Post
Malcolm X’s legacy continues to haunt America’s criminal justice system. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
Mapping Black Antiquity. By Sarah Derbew / AAIHS
How an all-Black, female battalion helped boost the morale of troops in Europe in WWII. By Eleanor Watson / CBS News
Police use similar tactics from 1960s protests in 2020 demonstrations. By N’dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today
Plessy, ‘separate but equal’ case namesake, recommended for pardon. By AP and NPR
Wilmington marks 123 years since coup and massacre. By Scott Neuman / NPR
In North Carolina, a new Civil War memorial honors Black Union soldiers. By Kevin Maurer / WashPost
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Racial discrimination is linked to suicidal thoughts in Black adults and children. By Janelle R. Goodwill / The Conversation
A university town explores reparations for a Black community uprooted by urban renewal. By Diane Bernard / Wash Post
The Life of H. Rap Brown aka Jamil Al-Amin. By Rembert Browne / Time
Facing Up to the Racist Legacy of America’s Immigration Laws. By Reece Jones / NYT
How the Attica prison uprising started — and why it still resonates today. By Dave Davies / NPR
