Past Voices
James Monroe Enslaved Hundreds. Their Descendants Still Live Next Door. By Audra D. S. Burch / NYT
2019 Belongs to Shirley Chisholm. By Jennifer Steinhauer / NYT
“What to the Slave Is 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech. By Democracy Now
The black woman who launched the modern fight for reparations. By Ashley D. Farmer / Wash Post
Twenty-five years ago, O.J. Simpson showed white Americans just how conditional their comfort with black athletes was. By Phillip Lamarr Cunningham / Wash Post
A former slave who was the first black Catholic priest takes a step toward sainthood. By Daniel Burke / CNN
African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan. By Emiko Jozuka and Natalie Leung / CNN
A Visit to the Unfathomable Past of Auschwitz. By Ralph Blumenthal / NYT
Slavery and the Family Tree. By Whitney Stewart / AAIHS
Documentary on the South’s first racially integrated Little League game in Orlando is on Netflix. By Annabelle Sikes / Orlando Weekly
HBO’s ‘What’s My Name’ expertly tells story of Muhammad Ali as fighter, thinker. By Richard Roeper / Chicago Sun Times
Before Jack Johnson or Jackie Robinson, there was Major Taylor. By Michael Kranish / The Undefeated
Columbus brought measles to the New World. It was a disaster for Native Americans. By Michael S. Rosenwald / Wash Post
Weeksville, a Haven for Free African-Americans Before the Civil War, Is Fighting for Survival. By Corina Knoll and Morgan Jenkins / NYT
The failure of Reconstruction was a ruthless act of sabotage. By Michael Gerson / Wash Post
Univ. of Alabama’s first black student receives honorary doctorate. By Ali Gostanian / NBC News
A symbol of slavery — and survival. By Deneen L. Brown / Wash Post
The Rich Legacy of African American Political and Intellectual History. By Robert Greene II / Black Perspectives
How African-Americans disappeared from the Kentucky Derby. By Katherine Mooney / Salon
What Ulysses S. Grant would tell Trump about Robert E. Lee. By Daniel Fried / Wash Post
Making the Monument. By Nicolaus Mills / Dissent
Recovering an erased history: The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country. By Chris Fuchs / NBC News
Kate Smith’s racist songs aren’t surprising, but we can do more than cover up a statue. By Michael A. Fletcher / The Undefeated
Duke Ellington’s melodies carried his message of social justice. Michelle R. Scott and Earl Brooks / The Conversation
Review: Essential History in ‘Reconstruction’ on PBS. By Mike Hale / NYT
When Slaveowners Got Reparations. By Tera W. Hunter / NYT
