Past Voices
A former plantation becomes a space for healing, art and reparative history. By Brianna Scott / NPR
Emmett Till national monument at risk of removal due to Trump’s anti-DEI stand. By Kati Weis / CBS News
William Parker Recalls How He Escaped Slavery. By William Parker / The Atlantic
Why George Washington Integrated the Army. By Andrew Lawler / The Bulwark
Army restores the names of seven bases that lost their Confederate-linked names under Biden. AP and The Grio
America had open borders until 1924. Racism and corporate greed changed that. By Daniel Mendiola / The Guardian
The use of federal troops to quell Los Angles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement. By Justin Randolph / The Conversation
Schomburg Center centennial highlights large catalog of Black history. By Jaylen Green / AP
The Freedom Rides Museum Still Exists — For Now. By Margaret Renkl / NYT
You Know Of The Tuskegee Airmen, But You Don’t Know What ‘The Harlem ‘Hellfighters’ Did to Win The War. By Lawrence Ware / The Root
Overlooked No More: Hong Yen Chang, Lawyer Who Challenged a Racist System. By Julie Ho / NYT
Mass graves of slaughtered Black Civil War soldiers discovered in Kentucky. By Debadrita Sur / Daily Express
Why The History Of Segregated Facilities Matters In The Trump Era. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor. By Audra D. S. Burch and Breena Kerr / NYT
George Floyd’s Journey from Houston to Minneapolis Tells an Important Story. By Sarah Lahm / The Progressive
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany. By Aishvarya Kavi / NYT
Woman Wins Legal Battle With Harvard Over Ancestor’s Slave Photos. By Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast
We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up. By Drew Gilpin Faust / NYT
