Past Voices
How a Three-Word Phrase Sabotaged Black Voting Rights, and How They Can Be Reconstructed. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
When Gandhi Introduced America’s Civil Rights Leaders to Nonviolence. By Peter Eisenstadt / The Daily Beast
2 Confederate statues were removed in Georgia within 3 days. By Hollie Silverman and Melissa Alonso / CNN
Black History Month: Meet the man who created it. By CNN Staff
My great-grandmother exposed lynchings. This is what she would say about the Capitol riot. By Michelle Duster / CNN
The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale. By Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
Trump’s 1776 Commission Was Unintentionally Revealing. By Michael Kazin / NYT
He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? By Rachel Poser / NYT
What this 18th century poet reveals about Amanda Gorman’s success. By Manisha Sinha / CNN
Mitch McConnell Should Leave the History Lessons to Others. By Jamelle Bouie / NYT
What Ulysses Grant Can Teach Joe Biden About Putting Down Violent Insurrections. By Casey Mitchel / Politico
Emmett Till’s Chicago House Gets Landmark Status Amid Plans For Black Heritage Site. By Nina Golgowski / HuffPost
What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power. By Jeanne Theoharis / AAIHS
US Senate has only had 11 Black senators in its 232-year history. By Faith Karimi / CNN
Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy. By Laura Smith / NYT
How enslaved Black people helped make Washington our nation’s capital. By Colbert I. King / Wash Post
Raphael Warnock and the Solitude of the Black Senator. By Theodore R. Johnson / NYT
Lincoln Knew in 1838 What 2021 Would Bring. By Bret Stephens / NYT
Enslaved Black craftsmen helped build the U.S. Capitol that a mob fueled by racist rhetoric stormed. By Felicia A. Bell / Wash Post
Trump Administration’s ‘1776 Report’ Justifies Slavery, Three-Fifths Compromise. By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost
When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow. By Mike Konczal / The Nation
Lincoln’s first inauguration met with threats of kidnapping, killing and militias. By Michael E. Ruane / Wash Post
Virginia holiday commemorating Confederate generals won’t be celebrated in 2021, for the first time in over 100 years. By Li Cohen / CBS News
Reconstruction lessons for Trump: Dealing with Confederate treason was more complicated than you’d think. By Rebecca Onion / Slate
The Austerity Politics of White Supremacy. By Vanessa Williamson / Dissent
Was the Constitution a Pro-Slavery Document? By Gordon S. Wood / NYT
