Past Voices
The Black “New South” in Intellectual History. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
For a Black Man Hired to Undo a Confederate Legacy, It Has Not Been Easy. By Matt Stevens / NYT
‘Buried’ Latino history: Colorado sculpture honors family’s fight for school equity. By Raul A. Reyes / NBC News
Jim Limber and the myth of the Confederate president’s adopted Black son. By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Ida B. Wells pushed 7 presidents to pass anti-lynching legislation. Now it’s finally law. By Julianne McShane / NBC News
How the Nation’s Oldest Black-Owned Business Survived 141 Years. By Finurah Contributor/Atlanta Black Star
Remembering Ronald (X) Stokes and the Politics of Black Solidarity. By M. Keith Claybrook, Jr / AAIHS
A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy. By The Editorial Board / Wash Post
Ancestral Land In Virginia Returned To Rappahannock Tribe. By Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost
A historic all-Black town wants reparations to rebuild as a ‘safe haven.’ By Emmanuel Felton / Wash Post
Racism as Theory: A Historiography of White Supremacy Ideology. By Bala James Baptiste / AAIHS
The “Radical” King and a Usable Past. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
‘Go, Mississippi’: State could ditch song with racist roots. By Emily Wagster Pettus / ABC News
First Black Woman Pilot Bessie Coleman to be Honored on US Quarter in 2023. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
As Lincoln Memorial turns 100, group hopes to right a century-old wrong. By John Kelly / Wash Post
Descendants Trace Histories Linked by Slavery. By Amanda Holpuch / NYT
Celebrating Harriet Tubman’s 200th birthday in Auburn, N.Y. By Andrea Sachs / Wash Post
Bill would honor Henrietta Lacks with posthumous Congressional Gold Medal. By McKenna Oxenden / Wash Post
