Past Voices
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
Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South. By Ashley Farmer / The Conversation
How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics. By Cheryl Thompson / The Conversation
The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism. By Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker
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
