Past Voices
77 years later, still seeking appropriate honor for a heroic Black medic on D-Day. By Thomas S. James Jr / Wash Post
Confederate General’s Remains Are Being Moved Out Of Memphis. By AP and NPR
Justice Deferred: The Supreme Court’s History of Enforcing Racism. By Frye Gaillard / The Progressive
Postal Work and the Struggle for Black Freedom. By Rebecca Brenner Graham / AAIHS
Racism kept a Black WWII vet from a Purple Heart, he says. At 99, he got the award. By Timothy Bella / Wash Post
A family celebrates Juneteenth in Mexico — where their Black ancestors first found freedom. By Suzanne Gamboa / NBC News
Bulldozed and bisected: Highway construction built a legacy of inequality. By Suzanne Gamboa, Phil McCausland, Josh Lederman and Ben Popken / NBC News
The last known slave ship and the community founded by its survivors. By Anderson Cooper / CBS News
My grandparents were stolen from their families as children. We must learn about this history. By Deb Haaland / Wash Post
Descendants of Robert E. Lee and enslaved people unite for change. By CBS News
Understanding the Horror of Slavery Is Impossible. But a Simple Cotton Sack Can Bring Us Closer. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
How Interracial Marriage Became Legal In The U.S. By NPR
How Rosenwald schools transformed African-American education in the South. By Erica Davies / CBS News
The Unwritten History of Black Performance. By Kelton Ellis / The Nation
Tenement Museum Makes Room for Black History. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
Not far from Tulsa, a quieter but consequential correction of the historical record. By Charles Lane / Wash Post
My family went from being enslaved to serving in the White House. You can’t erase our history. By John B. King Jr. / Wash Post
The Importance of Teaching Dred Scott. By Jeannie Suk Gersen / The New Yorker
Charlottesville city council votes to remove Confederate statues that were the focus of violent 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally. By Gregory S. Schneider / Wash Post
In Texas, a struggle to memorialize a brutal lynching as resistance grows to teaching historical racism. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
One of the Earliest Memorial Day Ceremonies Was Held by Freed African Americans. Dave Ross / History
Greenwood Rising Links Tulsa’s Tragic History to Today’s Struggles. By Holland Cotter / NYT
Native American tribe in Maine buys back island taken 160 years ago. By Alice Hutton / The Guardian
The Black Hero Behind One of the Greatest Supreme Court Justices. By Peter S. Canellos / Politico
A Florida school board is renaming middle and high schools honoring Confederate leaders. By Alaa Elassar / CNN
Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out nearly all Black residents. By Ryann Young / CNN
