Past Voices
The black men of the Civil War were America’s original ‘dreamers.’ By Colbert King / Wash Post
Pioneering Black Scientist Wins ‘Nobel Prize For The Environment.’ By Marlene Cimons / Huff Post
When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy. By Brent Staples / NYT
On Langston Hughes’s 115th birthday, read his ambivalent ode to America. By Constance Grady / Vox
The Will to Kill, in Black and White. Race has played a heavy hand in the fates of soldiers facing death sentences in the U.S. military. By Bill Lueders / The Progressive
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” is one of the greatest speeches in American rhetoric. By Constance Grady / Vox
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln. By Nancy Wartik / NYT
Remembering Rosanell Eaton, An Outspoken Advocate for Voting Rights. By Leslie Ovalle / NPR
The overlooked heroes of the civil rights movement. Remembering Howard Thurman and other forgotten activists. David B. Gowler / Wash Post
Lorraine Hansberry, American radical: She pushed RFK to make “a moral commitment” on civil rights. Imani Perry / Salon
What Gordon Parks Witnessed: The injustices of Jim Crow and the evolution of a great American photographer – David Rowell / Wash Post
Mississippi’s first black senator was greeted with applause. But it wouldn’t last – Steve Hendrix / Wash Post
Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 103 -DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
How to Remember Reconstruction – Gregory P. Downs and kate Masur / NYT
From slavery to possible sainthood: The story of America’s first black priest -DeNeen L. Brown / NYT
How a Difficult, Racist, Stubborn President Was Removed From Power – If Not From Office – David Priess / Politico
These Black Soldiers Fought for America. It Didn’t Protect Them From Jim Crow – Linda Hervieux / The Daily Beast
Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters – Deneen L. Brown / Wash Post
The Civil War massacre that left nearly 200 black soldiers ‘murdered’ – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
The Double Battle: Frederick Douglass’s moral crusade – Eric Foner / The Nation
Historian Explains Sears’ Surprisingly Radical Role in Dismantling Jim Crow Laws – Alex Henderson / AlterNet
The Origins of Prison Slavery – Shane Bauer / Slate
‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’ still speaks to nation’s racial discord, 50 years later – Leigh Ann Wheeler / The Conversation
Today’s Voter Suppression Tactics Have A 150 Year History – Gregory Downs / Talkingpointsmemo
The Va. fort that launched self-emancipating black heroes deserves better – Steven T. Corneliussen / Wash Post
We Need More Enemies of the People – David Margolick / NYT
