Past Voices
Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence – Paul Harvey / The Conversation
Recy Taylor’s Truth – Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic
Trump wants to remove these immigrants. An ugly bit of history tells us what it could do to the economy – Andrew Van Dam / Wash Post
How Ella Mae Wray Seized the Opportunities of 1968 – Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
S. Allen Counter : Harvard neurophysiologist, explorer, ethnographer, social-justice advocate – Michael Paterniti / NYT
A Century Later, a Little-Known Mass Hanging of Black Soldiers Still Haunts Us – James Jeffrey / The Progressive
For black women, #MeToo came centuries too late – Colbert I. King / Wash Post
‘Unflinching’: The day John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
The gang rape was horrific. The NAACP sent Rosa Parks to investigate (“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”) – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
The Thanksgiving an imprisoned Jack Johnson fought two men at Leavenworth – Roberto Jose Andrade Franco / The Undefeated
James Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s divided states – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
When Jazz Age Superstar Josephine Baker Spied on the Nazis – Meredith Hindley / Daily Beast
In 1898, White Supremacists Killed 60+ African Americans in One of Deadliest Mass Shootings in U.S. – Bishop William Barber / Democracy Now
James Madison’s Lessons in Racism – Noah Feldman / NYT
When Black Lives Mattered: Why Teach Reconstruction – Adam Sanchez / The Nation
‘Insulting African American Gold Star widows has a history’ – Derek Hawkins / Wash Post
Learning from Fannie Lou Hamer – Matthew Miles Goodrich / Dissent
The Confederacy’s ‘Living Monuments’ – Karen L. Cox / NYT
Hugh Hefner’s real progressive legacy isn’t sexual, it’s racial – Rachel Leah / Salon
Erect a Statue of This Civil Rights Hero – Carl Elliott / NYT
Travelin’ while black – Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Seeking justice for the mass hanging of black soldiers after the bloody 1917 Houston riots – DeNeen L. Brown / Wash Post
FDR’s Message to Charlottesville—and to Donald Trump – Michael Fullilove / The Atlantic
When the Harlem Renaissance Went to Communist – Jennifer Wilson / NYT
‘A Treacherous President Stood in the Way’ – Frederick Douglass / The Atlantic 1866
James Baldwin: How to Cool It : Read the landmark 1968 Q&A on race in America -Esquire Editors / Esquire
