Past Voices
At William & Mary, a school for free and enslaved Black children is rediscovered. By Joe Heim / Wash Post
Slavery In The U.S.: The Ignored History Of A Railroad To Mexico To Seek Freedom. By John Burnett / NPR
America’s first post-World War II race riot led to the near-lynching of Thurgood Marshall. By Chris Lamb / Wash Post
Black Americans reconnect with roots in emotional trips to Ghana’s ‘Door of No Return. ‘By Candace Smith, Aude Soichet, Jessica Hopper, Ashley Riegle, and Marlene Lenthang / ABC News
New York City and the Persistence of the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Gerald Horne / The Nation
She sued her enslaver for reparations and won. Her descendants never knew. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Historic number of Confederate statues were removed in 2020. By N’dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today
Black Americans Have Long Led the Global Battle Against White Supremacy. By Benjamin Talton / AAIHS
The world of the Black Panthers Photos. By Stephen Shames / ABC News
The 150-Year Prosecution of White Supremacy. By Melissa Gira Grant / The New Republic
The Real Story of the ‘Draft Riots.’ By Elizabeth Mitchell / NYT
History of abuses behind Black Americans’ COVID vaccine skepticism. By Javonte Anderson / USA Today
John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slavery. By Adam Seagrave / The Conversation
One of the oldest Black churches in US uncovered in Williamsburg, Virginia. By Craig Melvin / Today
PBS’ ambitious & fraught “Black Church” takes a tour of America’s complex history, music and faith. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021. By Dave Phillipps / NYT
He joined the Freedom Rides of the ’60s for what he thought would be a weekend. It turned out to be two years. By Rachel Hatzipanagos / Wash Post
Renowned as a Black liberator, Harriet Tubman was also a brilliant spy. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery. By Tyler Perry / AAIHS
Prince Hall, American Revolutionary. By Danielle Allen / The Atlantic
The Value of the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
The complex history of Alexander Twilight, Middlebury’s first Black graduate. By Marina Affo / USA Today
The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered. By Karen Sieber / The Conversation
Anna Deavere Smith on Forging Black Identity in 1968. By Anna Deavere Smith / The Atlantic
The Unfulfilled Promise of Julian Bond. By Gene Seymour / The New Republic
Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today. By Paul Ringel / The Conversation
