Past Voices
Malcolm X’s legacy continues to haunt America’s criminal justice system. By Peniel E. Joseph / CNN
Mapping Black Antiquity. By Sarah Derbew / AAIHS
How an all-Black, female battalion helped boost the morale of troops in Europe in WWII. By Eleanor Watson / CBS News
Police use similar tactics from 1960s protests in 2020 demonstrations. By N’dea Yancey-Bragg / USA Today
Plessy, ‘separate but equal’ case namesake, recommended for pardon. By AP and NPR
Wilmington marks 123 years since coup and massacre. By Scott Neuman / NPR
In North Carolina, a new Civil War memorial honors Black Union soldiers. By Kevin Maurer / WashPost
This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later. By Dana Hedgpeth / Wash Post
Racial discrimination is linked to suicidal thoughts in Black adults and children. By Janelle R. Goodwill / The Conversation
A university town explores reparations for a Black community uprooted by urban renewal. By Diane Bernard / Wash Post
The Life of H. Rap Brown aka Jamil Al-Amin. By Rembert Browne / Time
Facing Up to the Racist Legacy of America’s Immigration Laws. By Reece Jones / NYT
How the Attica prison uprising started — and why it still resonates today. By Dave Davies / NPR
Torpedoing Black Radicalism: The Case of Hugh Mulzac. By Tony Pecinovsky / AAIHS
“If Black Women Were Free”: An Oral History of the Combahee River Collective. By Marian Jones / The Nation
Debate over teaching books by Black authors has roots in violent 1974 clash in West Virginia. By Sarah Posner / Wash Post
Yes, anti-lynching laws are mostly symbolic. That’s what makes them important. By Theodore R. Johnson / Wash Post
A 19th-Century Law Dismantled The KKK. Now It Could Bring Down A New Generation Of Extremists. By Lyz Lenz / HuffPost
