Past Voices
Segregation policies in federal government in early 20th century harmed Blacks for decades. By Guo XU and Abhay Aneja / The Conversation
How the FBI Tried to Drive Martin Luther King Jr. to Suicide. Melissa Leon / The Daily Beast
Fort Hood is named for a Confederate traitor. Is it time for ‘Fort Benavidez’? By Alex Horton / Wash Post
Harris will be the first female, Black and Asian VP. But not the first VP of color. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
Once a symbol of desegregation, Ruby Bridges’ school now reflects another battle engulfing public education. By Connie L. Schaffer, Matha Graham Viator and Meg White / The Conversation
GI Bill opened doors to college for many vets, but politicians created a separate one for Blacks. Joseph Thompson / The Conversation
Alexander Hamilton, Enslaver? New Research Says Yes. By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
The Visual Documentation of Racist Violence in America. By Mary Niall Mitchell /AAIHS
A Black voting rights activist confronts the ghosts of racial terror in North Carolina. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
How Lincoln Survived the Worst Election Ever. There are many parallels between 1860 and 2020. Let’s hope there aren’t too many. By Ted Widmer / NYT
Jackie Robinson challenged baseball and others to acknowledge, value Black life. By Doug Glanville / The Undefeated
He fought for Black voting rights after the Civil War. He was almost killed for it. By Jess McHugh / Wash Post
Tulsa begins search for ‘Original 18’ Black people killed in 1921 race massacre. By DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
Book Review: The Dead Are Arising,’ by Les Payne and Tamara Payne. By Michael P. Jeffries
Elijah Cummings has a message for voters ‘from beyond the grave.’ By Nicole Goodkind / Fortune
The bogus U.S. census numbers showing slavery’s ‘wonderful influence’ on the enslaved. By Peter Whoriskey / Wash Post
Tragedy and Triumph: The Dorothy Dandridge Story. By Hadley Hall Meares / Vanity Fair
The Exhausted Radiance of Claudine. By Charles Taylor / Dissent
Greensboro Massacre: City Apologizes 41 Years After Cops Allowed Klan, Nazis to Kill 5 Antiracists. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The United States vs. Billie Holiday. By Lawwrence Wu / NPR
Families of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. condemn Trump for using images of civil rights icons in ad. By Christopher Brito / CBS News
Lift Every Voice and Sing: The history, the lyrics and the impact. By Faith Karimi and AJ Willingham / CNN
Featured – The German model for America. By Mattie Kahn / Vox
The origins of policing in America. Wash Post Video
Remembering The Augusta Civil Rights Riot, 50 Years Later. By Sea Stachura / NPR
California was a free state. But there was still slavery. Now reparations are on the table. By Gillian Brockell / Wash Post
THE FIRSTS: The children who desegregated America. A Special project from The Atlantic.
‘Blatant disregard and disrespect of Black people’: Virginia district apologizes for segregated schools – 53 years later. By Elinor Aspegren / USA Today
On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali. By David Zirin / The Nation
Making Amends for a Massacre: The Story of Rosewood’s Path to Reparations—And What America Can Learn From It. By Victor Luckerson / Time
