Past Voices
The Value of the Federal Writers’ Project Slave Narratives. By Clint Smith / The Atlantic
The complex history of Alexander Twilight, Middlebury’s first Black graduate. By Marina Affo / USA Today
The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered. By Karen Sieber / The Conversation
Anna Deavere Smith on Forging Black Identity in 1968. By Anna Deavere Smith / The Atlantic
The Unfulfilled Promise of Julian Bond. By Gene Seymour / The New Republic
Why a shootout between Black Panthers and law enforcement 50 years ago matters today. By Paul Ringel / The Conversation
Fighting school segregation didn’t take place just in the South. By Ashley Farmer / The Conversation
How ‘Uncle Tom’ still impacts racial politics. By Cheryl Thompson / The Conversation
The Plan to Build a Capital for Black Capitalism. By Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker
How a Three-Word Phrase Sabotaged Black Voting Rights, and How They Can Be Reconstructed. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
When Gandhi Introduced America’s Civil Rights Leaders to Nonviolence. By Peter Eisenstadt / The Daily Beast
2 Confederate statues were removed in Georgia within 3 days. By Hollie Silverman and Melissa Alonso / CNN
Black History Month: Meet the man who created it. By CNN Staff
My great-grandmother exposed lynchings. This is what she would say about the Capitol riot. By Michelle Duster / CNN
The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale. By Jeanne Theoharis / NYT
Trump’s 1776 Commission Was Unintentionally Revealing. By Michael Kazin / NYT
He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? By Rachel Poser / NYT
What this 18th century poet reveals about Amanda Gorman’s success. By Manisha Sinha / CNN
